The Apolinario Gatmaitan Command of the New People’s Army strongly debunked military claims of alleged sexual abuses on female members and recruits of the New People’s Army and dismissed it as “age-old lies brought out of the blue and downright illogical”.
Ka Juanito Magbanua, spokesperson of the Apolinario Gatmaitan Command, said in a statement on Tuesday that the NPA strictly adheres to the “3-8” or “tres-otso”, or three main rules of discipline and eight points for attention, which includes a point against the exploitation of women.
Magbanua also said that romantic relationships and marriage are considered as serious matters for the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the NPA, stressing that their comrades and the masses are educated in family planning.
Col. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, earlier said that the recovery of anti-pregnancy pills left behind by NPA rebels encountered by 94th Infantry Battalion soldiers in Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, confirms the reports of ongoing and rampant sexual abuses perpetrated by NPA commanders among their female members.
Recovered from the encounter site were a backpack containing personal belongings, including assorted medical paraphernalia, among them, three stubs of anti-pregnancy pills, food, subversive documents, and a camouflage Army T-shirt.
Magbanua explained that the People's Democratic Government has several statutes that involve the respect of women's rights and their emancipation. In the NPA, women are treated equally with men, and enjoy every right the same as a male comrade.
He alleged that it is the AFP, PNP with their commander-in-chief Rodrigo Duterte at the helm, who have consistently violated women's rights.
He said some of their misogynistic feats include Duterte's command of “shooting the NPA fighters directly in the vagina” among other various rape jokes.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2020/May/28/topstory10.htm
Recovered from the encounter site were a backpack containing personal belongings, including assorted medical paraphernalia, among them, three stubs of anti-pregnancy pills, food, subversive documents, and a camouflage Army T-shirt.
Magbanua explained that the People's Democratic Government has several statutes that involve the respect of women's rights and their emancipation. In the NPA, women are treated equally with men, and enjoy every right the same as a male comrade.
He alleged that it is the AFP, PNP with their commander-in-chief Rodrigo Duterte at the helm, who have consistently violated women's rights.
He said some of their misogynistic feats include Duterte's command of “shooting the NPA fighters directly in the vagina” among other various rape jokes.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2020/May/28/topstory10.htm
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