CPP hits bounty for rebel leaders

From the Visayan Daily Star (Nov 16): CPP hits bounty for rebel leaders

The Communist Party of the Philippines slammed the government for the allocation of P467 million as bounty for CPP and National Democratic Front leaders, among others, and claimed that it will only lead to more corruption in the military, illegal arrests, torture and other grave human rights abuses. The reward system was contained in Joint Order 14-2012 issued Nov. 13 by the Departments of National Defense, as well as Interior and Local Government that listed the names of NDFP leaders, known to be actively involved in peace negotiations with the government. Negrense priest-turned-rebel Frank Fernandez, secretary of the Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros, topped the list of most-wanted persons in Negros Occidental, with a cash reward of P7.8 million for his arrest, military records show. Fernandez, with the aliases of Kanor, Ibarra and Ago, has pending arrest warrants for four counts of murder and a case of attempted murder. He supervises an estimated 200 armed red fighters in Negros four guerilla fronts, military records also show.  In a statement, the CPP said the reward system will only be used by military and police officials to pocket millions of pesos and commit grave violations of human rights.... A civilian who provided policemen with information, that led to the arrest of Randall Echanis, deputy secretary general of Kilusang Magbubukid sa Pilipinas, alleged to be a member of the CPP central committee, in Bago City, four years ago, got a P5 million reward for his capture, police records also show.....

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