Posted to Kalinaw News (Jan 9, 2021): Former CPP-NPA-NDF Members and Supporters Junk Armed Revolution before the RTF ELCAC 6
CAMP CARREON, Calinog – A total of two hundred thirty-three (233) CPP-NPA-NDF members and mass supporters formally surrendered to the The Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict Region 6 and withdrew their support to the communist organization during a formal ceremony on 08 January 2021 at Calinog, Iloilo.
The 233 former members and supporters of CPP-NPA-NDF came from Calinog, Iloilo and Tapaz, Capiz and surrendered earlier to the 12th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.
During the ceremony, former members and supporters also took an oath of allegiance to the Republic of the Philippines that they will no longer support the CPP-NPA-NDF and signed a wall of commitment to display their sincerity in junking the communist organization and to give full support to the government instead.
Members of RTF-ELCAC 6 who were present during the activity were PRO6 Regional Director PBGEN MIRANDA, 3ID Commander MGen Eric C Vinoya represented by Lt. Col. Joseph Jason L Estrada of 12th Infantry Battalion, Representative of Iloilo Governor Arthur R Defensor Jr, representative of Capiz Governor Evan B Contreras, Calinog Mayor Francisco L Calvo, Fiscal Chris Gonzales, representative of RTF-ELCAC 6 Chairman Juan Ingeniero. Each member have delivered their messages that expressed their gratitude to the participants for taking a stand against the CPP-NPA-NDF. Others have also encouraged them to convince the members of the CPP-NPA to surrender and go back to the folds of the law in order to live a normal life.
Lt. Col. Estrada of 12th Infantry Battalion relayed the message of MGen Eric C Vinoya, Commander of 3rd Infantry Division in which he conveyed to the participants that the Army is happy that they have returned to society and embraced the true essence of freedom and that their surrender and withdrawal of support will save people from harm especially the youth, many families will remain intact and united, and the communities that will be saved from the hostile activities brought by the CPP-NPA-NDF.
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