MARIHATAG, Surigao del Sur, Nov. 13 -- In just a month, an increasing number of youth participants joined the campaign to end local communist armed conflict to become advocates of positive activism through the Youth Leadership Summits (YLS) held in Bayugan City and Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur; and Marihatag and Bayabas in Surigao del Sur. In October alone, around 500 youths graduated from YLS. The most recent was held on Sunday in the municipality of Tago.
YLS is a three-day, live-in inter-agency activity organized by the local government units, the Philippine Army and the national line agencies aimed at providing an avenue for the youth to enhance their leadership skills, good citizenship and patriotism, cooperation and participation through various peace-building activities.
It is a tool for providing the youth a balanced perspective towards approaching social issues affecting the society and equips them to think critically and get rid of radicalized youth groups which could poison their minds.
YLS exemplifies a Whole-of-Nation approach to end the deceptive recruitment strategies of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and Communist NPA Terrorists (CNTs). The nationwide outbursts of parents whose children became victims of the recruitment of Kabataan Partylist, Anakpawis and other alleged CPP affiliated militant youth groups exposed the alleged links to the NPAs.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and the Filipino Nation called on the CNTs to have a bit of remorse and conscience to end the communist armed conflict and stop deceiving the youth.
“Communist Insurgency must end. We cannot afford to pass it on the next generations,” said President Duterte. (Lt. Krisjuper Andreo Punsalan, 3SFBn CMO/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Source: 3rd Special Forces Battalion, Philippine Army
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1030128
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