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On Recruitment of Minors by Left-Wing Groups: Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, chairman of the Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, notes during the hybrid hearing of the Committee on National Defense & Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation looking into the alleged red-tagging and red-baiting of certain celebrities, personalities, institutions and organizations that two public hearings were held last year on the alleged recruitment of minors by leftist groups. Dela Rosa said parents and communist rebel returnees testified that left-wing rebel groups recruited minors as their manpower for arms struggle against the government. “Instead of complaining that the police and military are red-tagging them, they should complain against Joma Sison (founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines) because in the first place, it was Joma Sison who red-tagged Bayan, Kilusang Mayo Uno, KMP, Gabriela, Alliance of Concerned Teachers, LFS, Kadena, and others as major component organizations of the National Democratic Front (NDF) that aim to overthrow the government through violent means,” Dela Rosa said Tuesday, November 3, 2020. (Screen grab/Senate PRIB)