From Panay News (Jul 9, 2021): 14 openly disavow CPP-NPA in Aklan
Before a Philippine Army official, former supporters and sympathizers of communist rebels pledge allegiance to the government of the Philippines during a ceremony in Libacao, Aklan on June 8, 2021. PRO-6 PHOTO
LIBACAO, Aklan – Fourteen residents here publicly withdrew their support from the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
In a program yesterday at around 10 a.m. at Janlud High School in Barangay Janlud, the former rebel supporters said they decided to heed the call of the government to “surrender.”
They initially sought the help of local government officials and were eventually referred to the Libacao police station.
Their surfacing brought to 32 the number of rebel-associated people who yielded to authorities since last month.
In interviews, most of them revealed their support to the rebels came in the form of allowing the insurgents to sleep in their houses, giving them food supplies and money.
During the program yesterday, the 14 persons were debriefed. They also executed judicial affidavit.
The surenderers would still undergo profiling then recommended for inclusion to the Enhanced-Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) of the government.
Aklan Police Provincial Office led by director Police Colonel Ramir Perlito Perlas facilitated yesterday’s program supported by the Philippine Army (represented by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Jason Estrada, 12 Infantry Battalion Commanding Officer), Prosecutor Flosemer Chris Gonzales (representing the Department of Justice), and Mayor Charito Navarrosa.
The withdrawal of support is seen to further weaken the CPP-NPA in Aklan.
Early this month, in the adjacent province of Capiz, an encounter between Philippine Army soldiers and rebels in Sitio Tabiay, Barangay Buri, Tapaz led to the recovery of materials used in making anti-personnel mines.
“These are proof that the NPA continue to use landmines against Army troops in clear violation of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL),” said Brigadier General Marion Sison, commander of the 301st Brigade.
The NPA’s purpose in using anti-personnel mines indiscriminately, he said, is to destroy lives, including those of innocent civilians.
“These terrorists want to brutally harm our troops and civilians, a blatant violation of the International Humanitarian Law,” said Sison.
https://www.panaynews.net/14-openly-disavow-cpp-npa-in-aklan/
LIBACAO, Aklan – Fourteen residents here publicly withdrew their support from the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
In a program yesterday at around 10 a.m. at Janlud High School in Barangay Janlud, the former rebel supporters said they decided to heed the call of the government to “surrender.”
They initially sought the help of local government officials and were eventually referred to the Libacao police station.
Their surfacing brought to 32 the number of rebel-associated people who yielded to authorities since last month.
In interviews, most of them revealed their support to the rebels came in the form of allowing the insurgents to sleep in their houses, giving them food supplies and money.
During the program yesterday, the 14 persons were debriefed. They also executed judicial affidavit.
The surenderers would still undergo profiling then recommended for inclusion to the Enhanced-Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) of the government.
Aklan Police Provincial Office led by director Police Colonel Ramir Perlito Perlas facilitated yesterday’s program supported by the Philippine Army (represented by Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Jason Estrada, 12 Infantry Battalion Commanding Officer), Prosecutor Flosemer Chris Gonzales (representing the Department of Justice), and Mayor Charito Navarrosa.
The withdrawal of support is seen to further weaken the CPP-NPA in Aklan.
Early this month, in the adjacent province of Capiz, an encounter between Philippine Army soldiers and rebels in Sitio Tabiay, Barangay Buri, Tapaz led to the recovery of materials used in making anti-personnel mines.
“These are proof that the NPA continue to use landmines against Army troops in clear violation of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL),” said Brigadier General Marion Sison, commander of the 301st Brigade.
The NPA’s purpose in using anti-personnel mines indiscriminately, he said, is to destroy lives, including those of innocent civilians.
“These terrorists want to brutally harm our troops and civilians, a blatant violation of the International Humanitarian Law,” said Sison.
https://www.panaynews.net/14-openly-disavow-cpp-npa-in-aklan/
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