YOUTH advocates in the Summer Capital is pushing for the passage of anti–red tagging ordinance.
Kabataan Party-list Cordillera spokesperson Christian Dave Ruz said he is hoping Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong to make the anti-red tagging ordinance as urgent to help fastrack its approval at the City Council.
Ruz likewise welcomed the move of the City Council to pass the ordinance and tagged it as an added protection for advocates.
The proposed local law is now with the committee on laws, human rights and justice for review.
Ruz also relayed visits of military and police forces in schools and universities may do more harm than good.
Ruz clarified police and military who go to school in full battle gear may cultivate fear among the youth rather than sincere dialog.
“We urge the PNP to stop red tagging, it is endangering lives creates a culture of hate,” he said.
The youth leader said reports have reached their office of military and police seminars in schools complying with the CHED endorsement but said presentations done by the state forces have put certain students at risk to the extent of naming some school organizations as subversive.
Ruz said reports say there were times state forces have shown students present in the audience on their videos and power point presentations during the on campus talks tagging them as rebels, making the students the center of attention.
He said Baguio campuses like the University of Baguio, Saint Louis University, the Banquet State University and the University of the Cordilleras had talks and seminars with the police dubbed as “Sulat Kamay” a safety and security forum.
In the rural areas, the Regional Mobile Force Battalion who conducts the talks.