President Rodrigo Duterte branded the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives, and the groups Bayan and Gabriela as "legal fronts" of the communist party, claiming that they are part of a "grand conspiracy" to overthrow the government.
Sen. Christopher Lawrence ‘Bong’ Go talks to President Rodrigo Duterte before the start of the weekly meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases on Nov. 30, 2020. The President reported to the nation after the meeting. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO