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15 senators seek censure of NTF-ELCAC’s Parlade
Fifteen senators have filed Senate Resolution 709 censuring Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr., spokesperson for the anti-insurgency task force, for his "disrespectful, derogatory, and demeaning" statements against senators.
The resolution was filed after senators criticized Parlade's "persistent red-tagging of civilians" and his "stupid" remarks directed at legislators who questioned the NTF-ELCAC's budget.
The senators stated that Parlade displayed a "lack of respect" for the Senate and a "limited grasp of Congress' role in the budget process."
The resolution was initiated by Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and co-signed by Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, and 12 other senators.
It also addresses Parlade's previous statements linking various groups and institutions to communism without sufficient evidence and the constitutional conflict of him holding dual roles as AFP Southern Luzon Command chief and NTF-ELCAC spokesperson.
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