NYC Chairman Ronald Cardema (FILE PHOTO)
The National Youth Commission (NYC) is cracking down on vandalism that promotes youth recruitment to the New People's Army (NPA), armed wing of the country's largest communist group.
"We must end their youth recruitment now and we will start by removing all the recruitment propaganda/vandalisms on our own walls, streets, & barangays throughout the entire country starting this month," NYC Chairman Ronald Cardema said in a statement on Friday.
He said he has talked to "pro-government" groups, including the Duterte Youth movement which committed to offer ₱5,000 to ₱10,000 to each individual who will cooperate in removing the pro-NPA graffiti.
The National Youth Commission (NYC) is cracking down on vandalism that promotes youth recruitment to the New People's Army (NPA), armed wing of the country's largest communist group.
"We must end their youth recruitment now and we will start by removing all the recruitment propaganda/vandalisms on our own walls, streets, & barangays throughout the entire country starting this month," NYC Chairman Ronald Cardema said in a statement on Friday.
He said he has talked to "pro-government" groups, including the Duterte Youth movement which committed to offer ₱5,000 to ₱10,000 to each individual who will cooperate in removing the pro-NPA graffiti.
Cardema said ₱5,000 will be given to those who can report – "photograph the act and get the name" – of anyone "vandalizing our streets with 'Mabuhay ang CPP-NPA-NDF,' 'Sumapi sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan,' or any similar NPA Propaganda."
Cardema said the reward will be doubled to ₱10,000 for those who will exert a "patriotic effort to do a citizens arrest and bring the vandalizer of your area to your local police station."
Under the law, a private citizen may conduct a warrantless arrest of a person who has committed, is actually committing, or is attempting to commit an offense.
"When making an arrest, a private person shall inform the person to be arrested of the intention to arrest him and cause of the arrest, unless the latter is either engaged in the commission of an offense, is pursued immediately after its commission, or has escaped, flees, or forcibly resists before the person making the arrest has opportunity to so inform him, or when the giving of such information will imperil the arrest," Article 13, Section 9 of the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure states.
Cardema directed the Sangguniang Kabataan leaders and other youth groups to help in the removal of all pro-NPA vandalisms in the country as part of the government's whole-of-nation approach to end the local communist armed conflict.
Cardema said the reward will be doubled to ₱10,000 for those who will exert a "patriotic effort to do a citizens arrest and bring the vandalizer of your area to your local police station."
Under the law, a private citizen may conduct a warrantless arrest of a person who has committed, is actually committing, or is attempting to commit an offense.
"When making an arrest, a private person shall inform the person to be arrested of the intention to arrest him and cause of the arrest, unless the latter is either engaged in the commission of an offense, is pursued immediately after its commission, or has escaped, flees, or forcibly resists before the person making the arrest has opportunity to so inform him, or when the giving of such information will imperil the arrest," Article 13, Section 9 of the Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure states.
Cardema directed the Sangguniang Kabataan leaders and other youth groups to help in the removal of all pro-NPA vandalisms in the country as part of the government's whole-of-nation approach to end the local communist armed conflict.
The NPA is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines which has waged a five-decade insurgency, one of the longest-running in Asia. The National Democratic Front represents the rebels in negotiations with the government, which has been terminated by President Rodrigo Duterte in November 2017 as both sides accused each other of ceasefire violations. The government is now pushing for localized peace talks between the rebels and local government officials.
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