Incoming NSA chief on 'unproductive' practice of red-tagging: Let's stop doing that

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Incoming National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos spoke during a roundtable talk in Ortigas, Pasig on Thursday.

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MANILA, Philippines — Incoming National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos voiced her disapproval Friday of the practice of red-tagging, or conflating progressive critics and activists as armed insurgents, calling it "unproductive." 

 

This comes after incumbent National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, a retired Philippine Army general, launched an offensive against progressive groups and alternative media outfits with just two weeks left in his term. Advocates called this an attack on press freedom and civil liberties. 

 

Speaking over The Mangahas Interviews, Carlos questioned the practice of red-tagging — popularized as of late under the Duterte administration's anti-insurgency campaign — calling it lazy thinking. 

 

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