Thursday, January 16, 2020

RPOC XI classifies CPP/NPA/NDF as organized crime group

From the Philippine Information Agency (Jan 16, 2020): RPOC XI classifies CPP/NPA/NDF as organized crime group (By Frances Mae G. Macapagat)


The Regional Peace and Order Council first quarter meeting tackled the resolution classifying the CPP/NPA/NDF as an organized crime group

DAVAO CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) – In the Davao Region peace and order council first quarter meeting held yesterday (January 15), a Joint RPOC-RDC resolution was approved classifying the CPP/NPA/NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines/New Peoples Army/National Democratic Front) as an organized crime group.

The Joint RPOC-RDC is composed of local chief executives, officials of local government agencies and other stakeholders in the region have been implementing programs and initiatives under the National Task Force Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) through Executive Order No. 70.

RPOC XI vice chairperson and Police Regional Office XI Director PBGen Filmore Escobal stressed that the CPP/NPA/NDF are fake revolutionaries; instead they are criminals.

“The killings, arsons, extortions, and harassments they perpetrated over the past and recent years have transformed them into an organized crime group whose clear intention is to advance their criminal objectives,” Escobal said.

The PRO XI reported 70 bombings/IED explosions, 109 arsons, 103 shooting cases, 31 robbery cases, kidnappings, and abductions perpetrated by said organized crime group.

“The various heinous crimes perpetrated by these individuals are clear evidence that Joma Sison has formed a coalition of crime groups. To gain support, they deceived various sectors that they are revolutionary movement but their actions suggest that they are mere criminals preying on innocent students, indigenous peoples, and vulnerable communities,” Escobal added.

As cited in the resolution, said move of the Joint RPOC-RDC supports the recent statement of President Rodrigo Roa-Duterte declaring that the communist terrorists groups do not have territories.

Meanwhile, the same council also approved a resolution urging the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publish the designation of the CPP/NPA and all other persons/organizations pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 374 s. 2017 declaring the CPP/NPA as a terrorist organization, and Republic Act 10168.

The Joint RPOC-RDC XI is expressing solidarity support to the desire of the President to put an end to the communist armed conflict and achieve sustainable peace in the country. (PIA/FGM)

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