ISINUSULONG ni Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Jane Elago ang resolusyon para sa Sense of the House of Representatives upang kondenahin at papanagutin ang National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict sa red-tagging sa 38 kolehiyo at unibersidad.

Partikular na pinananagot ng kongresista sa red-tagging si NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr.

Sa paliwanag ni Elago, January 26, 2021 nang magpalabas ng pahayag ang NTF-ELCAC na sumusuporta sa akusasyon ni Parlade hinggil sa ‘radicalization at recruitment’ sa colleges and universities.

Kabilang sa tinukoy na educational institutions sa red-tagging ang University of the Philippines, University of Sto. Tomas, Far Eastern University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, University of the East, Ateneo de Manila, University of Makati, University of Caloocan City, Bulacan State University, Arellano University, at marami pang ibang kolehiyo at unibersidad.

Bukod sa mga pahayag ng ilang educational institutions, naglabas din ng statement ang Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines laban sa red-tagging.

“Instead of red-tagging educational institutions, which endangers the security and welfare of teachers and students, we encourage the government to address the roots of the problem of insurgency, like poverty and marginalization,” pahayag ng CEAP.

Ipinaalala pa ni Elago sa kanyang resolusyon na ang mga educational institution ay dapat na maging safe spaces at zones of peace na malaya sa police at military presence, intervention, harassment at intimidation.

“It is imperative that the members of the House of Representatives, as representatives of the Filipino people, uphold and protect academic freedom of educational institutions,” dagdag pa ni Elago.