House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist representative France Castro says that patriotic hymns and pledges should not be affiliated with any political parties. Castro says that the Bagong Pilipinas Hymn and Pledge reminded her of the Bagong Lipunan Hymn that she was required to sing in elementary school.

Video and interview by Ezrah Raya

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