can no longer PlaY the same old tune orr.,", t is-o"ii". ttoll armY wouid Makabayan bloc qet him nowhere in the fac€ of.the oeople's Iegitimate outcrytor therY belies DQ'yarn' i,..i youth's"o.io-".oto*ic access to demands' the free education' social setvrces' oe- right to,basic BY JovEE MaRE N. DELA CRUZ fense of our national soverelgntY' , @joveemarie among others. These are the Press- ing islsues that the government HE Makabayan bloc on Mon- should address, instead ot teedrng day slammed what it termed fake riews," Elago added' as "desperate attacks" of For its Pad, Gabriela said' the Duterte-backed groups who alleg- Dartv-list members of the bloc were edly spread misinformation on the never disqualified in the Polls' disqualifi cation of progressive paty- "Thos; behind this ma'licious list groups that include Kabataan, spreadoflies shouldbe heldhalk on Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, Galriela s^everal counts, including the unau- and ACT Teachers. thorizeduse of the officiallogo of the It also questioned the Philippine Commission on Elections [Corhelec] National Police (PNP) for allegedly it added. "We cali on the Cornelec to "' violating election laws by distrib- -invetst'reatethismassivedisinf orma- uting black propaganda materials tion ca-mpaign and hold liable those tagging them as "NPA suPporters." behind iti the grouP said' According to Kabataan Party-list Meanwhile, BaYan Muna ReP Rep. Sarah Elago,.al anonymous Face- Carlos Isagani Zarate also hit the bookpage"DiegoPaglabago bbviously PNP for all--egedly distributing black seemedtohave generatedtons of delib- propaganda matedals against the erate made-up news against the bloc. MakabaYari bloc in Manila' "With the sedes of anonymous Citinselection watchdog Kontra threats and harassment done to Dava, Zlrate said Police were dis- our progressive youth leaders these tributingprintedmaterials tagging past few days, it comes with no su!- "NPA suP- Bavan Muna PartY-list as prise that the despetation of these oorters" at Geronimo ElementarY Duterte-backedgroupshas gone this ichool in SamPaloc, Manila' low," she said.