24 NPA mass base backers in Nueva Ecija withdraw support

From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 4, 2022): 24 NPA mass base backers in Nueva Ecija withdraw support (By Zorayda Tecson)

OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. Some 24 mass base supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front took their oath of allegiance to the government in General Tinio, Nueva Ecija on Friday (June 3, 2022). Three of them are members of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap and the 21 others are mass supporters of the communist terrorist group under Komiteng Larangang Guerilla Sierra Madre. (Photo by 1stPMFC-Nueva Ecija)

Some 24 mass base supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) have withdrawn support for the communist group and took their oath of allegiance to the government in General Tinio, Nueva Ecija on Friday.

Col. Jess B. Mendez, acting provincial director of the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office, said Saturday the personnel of the 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company and other police and military units conducted a special intelligence operation that resulted in the withdrawal of support of three members of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) and 21 mass supporters of the communist terrorist group under Komiteng Larangang Guerilla (KLG) Sierra Madre.

Mendez said the operating units also conducted social investigation and dialogue with mass base members and explained to them the government’s program about ending local terrorism.

As mass supporters, they served as contacts and couriers and facilitated the procurement and delivery of supplies, food, and medicines to the terrorist group.

They also acted as the eyes and ears of the communist terrorist group by monitoring the presence of government forces in the area and identifying possible targets for recruitment.

“I am encouraging the remaining supporters of the CPP/NPA/NDF out there, this would be the perfect time to return to the government’s side. Let us reunite and make our country free from any kind of terrorism,” Mendez said in a statement.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The NDF has been formally designated as a terrorist organization by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1175885