MANILA, Philippines — When she called the week-long transport strike as “communist-inspired” and a “painful interference,” Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said she is
Duterte issued the statement on Monday, after House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro denounced her “red-tagging” of ACT and public utility drivers who joined the transport strike.In her latest statement, Duterte called Piston as an organization “with leaders and members poisoned by the ideologies” of the Communist Party of the Philippines, National Democratic Front of the Philippines and the New People’s Army.
“If you cannot understand our position, or refuse to understand our position, or even pretend not to understand our position, this is only because of your unbelievable propensity to push a hardline agenda that punishes the general public,” the Vice President said.The Angat Buhay-Edukasyon said it found the statement of Duterte against the ACT and the transport strike extremely disappointing.
“However, by red-tagging both ACT and the participants of the strike, she has become the opposite of that ideal educator,” it said.ABE asked Duterte to take a lead as a model teacher in this situation by hearing all sides instead of resorting to malicious name calling.
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