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MANILA – Malacañang on Thursday urged actress Liza Soberano and former Miss Universe Catriona Gray to be careful that left-wing groups take advantage of them while pressing for women’s rights.
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made a comment after a military official warned the 2 celebrities not to allegedly forge ties with the communist New People’s Army.
“They are worried that the left might use them later. But the Armed Forces understand that they are defending women’s rights,” Roque told reporters.
(They are only taking precautions that Sovereign and Gray could be used by the left. But the Armed Forces understand that they are only defending the rights of women).
“But of course, be careful, because … the Maoists in the Philippines, if someone can be exploited, he will be exploited,” he added.
(But of course, be careful also because the Maoists in the Philippines take advantage of it whenever there is an opportunity.)
The accusations linking Soberano, 22, to the NPA stemmed from her participation in a webinar organized by Gabriela Youth, in which she tearfully urged her influential peers to speak out on issues affecting women and children.
In a statement posted on the Facebook page of the National Working Group to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday, Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. said that Soberano is “not an NPA” because he is simply advocating for the women. rights.
However, Parlade also told Soberano to cut his ties with Gabriela Youth.
“Liza Soberano, there is still a possibility of abdicating from that group. If you don’t, you will meet the same fate as Josephine Anne Lapira @ELLA, former Under Secretary General of the Gabriela Youth of UP, Manila and defender of women’s rights, including against sexual predators among her comrades in the NPA unit a the one who joined, which is clearly indicated in his handwritten letter addressed to a certain @EMIL ”, he stated.
She issued a similar warning to Gray, Miss Universe 2018.
“The choice is yours Liza. And so with you Catriona. Do not follow the path taken by Ka Ella Colmenares (Locsin) in the subway and NPA Quezon. I am sure that Angel Locsin and Neri Colmenares will not tell you this,” he alleged. .
Belonging to communist organizations in the country is not illegal after the Anti-Subversion Law was repealed during the government of former President Fidel Ramos.
“The challenge facing those who accuse is to prove the accusations of any illegal act before fair and competent courts,” sabi noong Mayo ni, spokesman for the Atty Human Rights Commission. Jacqueline Ann de Guia.
The Sovereign camp has denounced the red labeling of the actress. In a statement, his legal advisor Atty. Juanito Lim Jr. said that the actress was simply “expressing her love and respect for women and children” because this is her personal defense.
Senator Risa Hontiveros, also an advocate for women’s rights, admonished Parlade not to use her powers to threaten Soberano and Gray.
“By silencing them, he is overcoming the violence, rape and abuse that so many Filipinos are experiencing. It is a disgrace to his rank and to the (Philippine Military Academy),” Hontiveros said in a statement.
(By silencing them, you are tolerating the violence, rape, and abuse that many Filipinos experience.)
She told Parlade she will “not forget” his comments, reminding him that they will cross paths again on the Appointments Committee in the future. “Hindi ko ito palalampasin (I will not let this happen). See you in the next round.”
The senator assured Soberano and Gray of her support even when she told them: “It is difficult and painful to be on the front line fighting alongside people oppressed by a rule that advocates rape, murder and exploitation.”
“But every time you speak, another girl becomes more courageous and another life is saved … This is your constitutional right, fear not … I greet you and hug you,” Hontiveros said.
– With a report by Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Liza Soberano, Catriona Gray, Gabriela Women’s Party, red tagging, Juanito Lim Jr., Malacañang, Palace, Harry Roque, Antonio Parlade, NTF ELCAC, ELCAC, Risa Hontiveros
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