The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said it was concerned with the actions of the Armed Forces of the Philippines amid a declaration of an indefinite ceasefire by President Duterte and the CPP’s own seven-day ceasefire.
In a statement released August 21, the CPP said that it was concerned about the “so-called peace and development operations under the much detested Oplan Bayanihan.”
“These operations, such as those being carried out in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, have been used in the past to justify the militarization of communities in the guerrilla zones and to carry out surveillance and harassment operations against community activists and leaders whom the AFP suspects of being members of local CPP branches and peasant organizations,” the statement said.
The CCP also appealed to President Duterte to order the AFP’s withdrawal from alleged detachments inside civilian communities.
This, it said, would “bolster the people’s trust in the GRP and the President’s determination to pursue the path to peace.”
The CPP also assailed the arrest of progressive group leaders in the past month.
It cited the arrest of national peasant leader Antonio Pajalla in Macalelon, Quezon. Pajalla was charged with rebellion last August 12.
Mindanao-based missionary Amelia Pond was arrested last week while in Cebu to attend an assembly of rural missionaries. She was slapped with murder charges.
“We urge the GRP President to effect their immediate release,” the CPP said.
Hundreds of lumad evacuees have camped out here in this city, coming from as far as Talaingod, Davao del Norte and Bukidnon.
The evacuees claimed that they were being harassed by the military in their areas.
http://www.mb.com.ph/afps-oplan-bayanihan-alarms-cpp-leadership/
In a statement released August 21, the CPP said that it was concerned about the “so-called peace and development operations under the much detested Oplan Bayanihan.”
“These operations, such as those being carried out in Talaingod, Davao del Norte, have been used in the past to justify the militarization of communities in the guerrilla zones and to carry out surveillance and harassment operations against community activists and leaders whom the AFP suspects of being members of local CPP branches and peasant organizations,” the statement said.
The CCP also appealed to President Duterte to order the AFP’s withdrawal from alleged detachments inside civilian communities.
This, it said, would “bolster the people’s trust in the GRP and the President’s determination to pursue the path to peace.”
The CPP also assailed the arrest of progressive group leaders in the past month.
It cited the arrest of national peasant leader Antonio Pajalla in Macalelon, Quezon. Pajalla was charged with rebellion last August 12.
Mindanao-based missionary Amelia Pond was arrested last week while in Cebu to attend an assembly of rural missionaries. She was slapped with murder charges.
“We urge the GRP President to effect their immediate release,” the CPP said.
Hundreds of lumad evacuees have camped out here in this city, coming from as far as Talaingod, Davao del Norte and Bukidnon.
The evacuees claimed that they were being harassed by the military in their areas.
http://www.mb.com.ph/afps-oplan-bayanihan-alarms-cpp-leadership/
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