THE Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) has denounced the insistence of the House of Representatives’ Tri-Committee (TriComm) on summoning vloggers and social media influencers perceived to be pro-Duterte, calling it a form of harassment and a violation of free speech.
As a party that advocates for rights guaranteed and enshrined in the Constitution, PDP Laban decries any direct or subtle attempt to curtail or derail free speech. Now more than ever, this right is critical in demanding accountability for the massive graft and corruption and other abuses and irregularities in government.
The time and resources of the House of Representatives are better spent in improving the lives of the ordinary Filipino which is getting worse every day rather than in useless hearings that are clearly meant to intimidate and harass supporters of the former president. Moreover, the House of Representatives has failed to protect the constitutional rights of their resource persons particularly during the infamous QuadComm hearings where resource persons are detained if the answers they got was not in line with what they want to hear.
This type of harassment against ordinary Filipino must stop and the House must focus its time and resources on more pressing problems afflicting the country, like the increase in the prices of basic commodities and the worsening law and order situation.
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