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Abalos tells House panel: Red-tagging not a policy of PNP

Published Aug 15, 2024 05:16 am

At A Glance

  • To set the record straight, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. has clarified that red-tagging is not a policy of the Philippine National Police (PNP) under the Marcos administration.

98ECBFD7-E98D-4AF0-932E-A21432592729.jpegDepartment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. (Screenshot from Facebook live)

To set the record straight, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. has clarified that red-tagging is not a policy of the Philippine National Police (PNP) under the Marcos administration.

During the budget deliberations of the DILG on Thursday, Aug. 5, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel cited the red-tagging monitoring project of the Ateneo Human Rights Center (AHRC).

Under this project, it was found out that the majority of red-tagging was done by elements of the government. City and municipal police stations are reportedly the source of many such acts, primarily through posts on Facebook.

“Hindi ba nagsabi ang nakaupong Pangulo ngayon na hindi gobyerno ang nangunguna sa red-tagging?” asked Manuel.

(Didn't the sitting President say that it is not the government that is leading the red-tagging?)

“With all due respect to Congressman Manuel, it is never the policy of the PNP to red-tag,” Abalos said in response.

“Let that be put into record. Kung mayro’n po ganiyang study ang Ateneo (If Ateneo has such a study), we will look into it and investigate,” he added.

PNP Chief General Rommel Marbil noted that the police strictly follow the pronouncement of President Marcos of putting an end to the practice of red-tagging.

“We don't want to red-tag anymore. Kung nangyari po ‘yan (If that happened), we have no idea. But I will investigate kung nangyayari po ‘yan (if that is happening). But right now, we don’t have any report na ginagawa po namin (that we are doing that),” said Marbil.

Marbil asserted that the PNP “don’t have any issue to red-tag anybody”, noting that it’s against human rights.

The Supreme Court (SC) had earlier declared that red-tagging threatens a person’s right to life, liberty, or security.

From January to June of this year, the AHRC’s monitoring has so far recorded 456 red-tagging incidents.

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