CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur -- Forty-four former sympathizers of the underground movements of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the second district of Ilocos Sur have renewed their allegiance supporting the Philippine government.
The former NPA sympathizers also condemned the activities of the NPA rebels manipulating the minds of the populace in the villages to inculcate the crumpled ideology of communism.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Castillo, the commander of the Army’s 81st Infantry Battalion, said on Thursday that the mass oath-taking rite of the former NPA supporters was held during the recent Grand Pulong-Pulong at Barangay Tablac, Candon City, Ilocos Sur.
The Grand Pulong-Pulong is a continuing activity of the Community Support Program (CSP) of the 81st Infantry Battalion to bring the services and programs of the national government agencies to the residents of the insurgency-affected barangays in the province.
During the pulong-pulong in Barangay Tablac, Candon City, the village officials headed by Roland Torres crafted and issued a resolution denouncing the presence of CPP-NPA rebels in the barangay and declaring them as “persona non grata.”
“In our area of operations, many barangays have already declared the NPA rebels as persona non grata; these imply that they are already fed up with the NPAs entering their respective barangays, intimidating people and averting peace and development in the area,” Castillo said.
For his part, Major General Lenard Agustin, the commander of the Army’s 7th Infantry Division, commended the Ilocos Sur residents for their cooperation to end the problem of insurgency in the province.
“It is good to know that the people of Ilocos Sur have united with us to fight the insurgency problem in the area; cooperation of the people is very important in ending insurgency; and let us unite with each other to attain the genuine peace towards development,” said Agustin.
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1022078
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