Six barangays in Malita, Davao Del Sur have declared all
members of the New People's Army (NPA) persona non grata in their respective
localities.
These barangays are identified as Little Baguio, Kinangan,
Manuel Peralta, Demoloc, Pinalpalan and Datu Danwata.
Philippine Army (PA) spokesperson Col. Benjamin Hao said the
resolution was passed by the barangays councils of the six communities.
"The barangay councils of the above mentioned barangays
inked a resolution prohibiting the NPAs to enter their respective barangays.
All of the councilmen that include the indigenous people mandatory
representative unanimously affixed their signatures to show their support in
calling for the NPAs to enter their ancestral lands/barangays," he added.
All six barangays are predominantly populated by Tagakaolo
Tribes and are located in the boundary of Davao Del Sur and Sarangani Province
These barangays were once infiltrated by NPA’s Guerrilla
Front 75 that were already dissolved.
"Further, the residents of these barangays were
forcibly subjected to extortion that worsens their lives," Hao added.
Some of them had fallen victim to the communist group’s
atrocities that includes Ramon Danwata, killed on 2010, a former barangay
captain of Barangay Datu Danwata, Henry Dasal of Barangay Pinalpalan, Lindo
Dioya of Barangay Pangaleon and Linda Tiwado, pregnant when she was brutally
killed, of Barangay Little Baguio, among others.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=833609
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