Progressive groups in Northern Mindanao in a press conference in Cagayan de Oro City on Tuesday, November 28 maintain that they are operating within the bounds of the law and lambasted the Duterte government for threatening activists. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)
Progressive groups have dared authorities to substantiate the accusation that they are supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed component, the New People’s Army (NPA) as President Rodrigo Duterte recently threatened to arrest members of the so-called "legal fronts" of the communists.