Photos provided by the Kilab Multimedia to the Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper show tribal leaders during a news conference on the proliferation of paramilitary and vigilante groups in Davao del Norte province.
Tribesmen in the southern Philippines have expressed grave concern over the proliferation of paramilitary and vigilante groups in the region.
According to PASAKA Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao, these armed groups are being supported by the military and also notorious human rights violators, especially in Davao del Norte province.
The military are using these militia groups to fight the communist rebel group New People’s Army, but there were many reports that even innocent civilians are also being targeted on mere suspicion they are either supporters or members of the NPA.
Hanimay Suazo, Secretary General of Karapatan in Southern Mindanao, also said paramilitary groups bring fear and terror among tribesmen and farmers because militias would often harass and coerce them into supporting the government’s anti-insurgency campaign.
There was no immediate statement from the military about the concerns raised by PASAKA and Karapatan. Both organizations demanded the dismantling of the militia groups.
http://www.mindanaoexaminer.net/2014/08/paramilitary-vigilante-groups-alarm.html
Typical commie anti-military propaganda. KARAPTAN and PASAKA are both Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) front organizations. A significant part of their mission is to conduct extensive propaganda campaigns designed discredit the Philippine military and its associated paramilitary groups. These CPP fronts undertake this mission in support of the New People's Army (NPA), the military wing of the CPP. The idea is to generate grassroots and political support for the withdrawal of military units from, and the dismantling of paramilitary units in, NPA controlled and influenced areas.
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