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At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, on Oct. 26, 2020, then Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla publicly criticized Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., who was the AFP Southern Luzon Command chief, for his red-tagging activities. In a Facebook post that day, Gov. Remulla announced a ban on all anti-communist posters in Cavite province and vowed to personally remove any put up by Parlade or his men. His criticism was prompted by Parlade's controversial statements, which involved red-tagging celebrities Liza Soberano, Catriona Gray, and Angel Locsin, as well as Manila Mayor Isko Moreno.
Parlade “should be ashamed of himself” for threatening and red-tagging outspoken individuals, said Remulla, calling the act “unfair, unjust, and downright cruel.” He said that public red-tagging endangered people's lives and was an ineffective way to fight insurgency, which he argued should be addressed through good governance, jobs, and education.
Moving fast forward to the present, th
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