Fidel Agcaoili of the National Democratic Front (NDF) on Monday said the members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Rodriguez, Rizal were conducting a medical mission when they were “attacked” by government forces.
NDFP negotiating panel representative Fidel Agcaoili
(FEDERICO CRUZ / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Citing a ground report he received from “friendly sources” in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Agcaoili said government soldiers went to the village where the medical mission was being held after “receiving a ‘tip’ that NPA guerrillas…were not in an offensive operation.”
Agcaoili also condemned the AFP for continuously “taking advantage of the ceasefire.”
“The NPA guerrillas were in the village to reach out to the community in response to the call of the CPP to secure the well-being and health of the people, especially in the fight against COVID-19,” Agcaoili, chief of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace negotiating panel, said in a statement.
Agcaoili said despite being “ill-equipped with medical supplies and halt paraphernalia,” the NPA guerrillas are on “24/7 mode” to help masses, particularly in far-flung communities to fight COVID-19.
“NPA guerrillas are imbued with the highest sense of dedication in attending to the welfare of the masses, including outbreaks of diseases and natural disasters,” he said.
Earlier, the Communist Party of the Philippines also claimed that the government forces engaged the clash with the NPA guerillas last Saturday in Barangay Puray, which left one rebel and one soldier dead.
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