PCOO Usec: Nearly 100% of Europe fund for CPP front NGOs has ended

From GMA News Online (Jul 27, 2019): PCOO Usec: Nearly 100% of Europe fund for CPP front NGOs has ended

Presidential Communications Operations Office Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy on Saturday said the European funding for several non-government organizations allegedly linked to communist rebels has been shut off almost completely.

"So we went to Europe to tell them about this, and to also ask that they stop funding fronts of the CPP-NPA (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army) because this funds that they were giving out fronts were being used to finance terrorism and poverty to our country," Badoy said during the Saturday news forum at Annabel's Restaurant in Quezon City.

"I’m very happy to report to you that a lot of this, close to 100 percent of those we approached have stopped funding," she said.

Badoy is head of the strategic communications for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.

In December 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte issued Executive Order No. 70 creating the task group.

Late in March, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. wrote to European UnionCounter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles De Kerchove, alleging that EU funds were being used for the recruitment and exploitation of vulnerable sectors such as indigenous peoples.

Esperon said Belgian non-government organizations SOLIDAGRO, Viva Salud, and KIYO have "indirectly and unwittingly partnered" with Philippine NGOs accused of communist ties.

“Alam mo sila, they’re very strict when they’re cutting funds. Sabi nila sa amin, ‘We go through a process...’ [so] we kept our communication lines open and whatever they want and whatever evidence we gave them. So in the end, they decided to cut the funding,” Badoy said.

She added that the "left is really hurting now" because of the government has successfully "turned off their funds, their bloodline."

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