NDF-EASTERN VISAYAS
November 29, 2021
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today condemned the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for conducting a shelling spree in several villages in Northern Samar to force innocent civilians to “surrender” as members of the New People’s Army.
Citing reports received from the People’s Democratic Government, the NDF-EV said that the 19th Infantry Battalion fired its 105mm howitzer at least four times towards villages of Silvino Lobos last July. The barrage of cannon fire terrorized and caused fear among residents of at least six barangays. Up to 500 fascist troops were also deployed to the town even as no NPA units were in the area at the time.
By September, the 19th IB then paraded 282 residents from 16 barangays in Silvino Lobos in a “mass surrender ceremony.” Most, if not all, of the “surrenderers” were threatened by soldiers into attending. The activity was a culmination of six straight months of martial rule by the 19th IB in the barrios, misnamed as Community Support Program (CSP) operations.
The NDF-EV condemned the AFP’s use of artillery shelling and military occupation of barrios to force the “mass surrender” of innocent civilians.
“What the 19th IB and the AFP present as “surrenderers” were victims of their shelling spree, military rule in their communities, and monstrous violations of human rights.” CSP operations continue in Silvino Lobos, as per latest reports from the local NPA unit.
“The shelling in Silvino Lobos, overkill bombing in Dolores, Eastern Samar and other indiscriminate attacks by the AFP show that there are no limits to their fascist terrorism. They do not fear that civilians and civilian property can be directly hit by their aerial strikes because it is the masses which are clearly the targets of these attacks. The AFP wastes away billions of pesos of public funds in the flying of helicopters, drones, fighter jets, and the heedless firing of cannons and mortars, to terrorize the masses, to silence them and to make them kneel before their fascist rule.”
The NDF-EV reiterated its call to put an end to the brutal and terrorist air strikes of the AFP. “The people must unite in condemning the bombing sprees, strafing and shelling by the AFP and the Duterte regime. They must record and expose all of these terrorist attacks to demand the ban of these superfluous weapons.”
The NDF-EV also called for the end of the military occupation of Silvino Lobos and other peasant communities in Eastern Visayas. “The people must unite against the undeclared martial rule in the barrios and wage all forms of resistance to drive out these fascist troops in their communities.”#
https://prwcinfo.wordpress.com/2021/11/29/afp-shells-northern-samar-villages-to-force-mass-surrender-of-civilians/
November 29, 2021
The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today condemned the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for conducting a shelling spree in several villages in Northern Samar to force innocent civilians to “surrender” as members of the New People’s Army.
Citing reports received from the People’s Democratic Government, the NDF-EV said that the 19th Infantry Battalion fired its 105mm howitzer at least four times towards villages of Silvino Lobos last July. The barrage of cannon fire terrorized and caused fear among residents of at least six barangays. Up to 500 fascist troops were also deployed to the town even as no NPA units were in the area at the time.
By September, the 19th IB then paraded 282 residents from 16 barangays in Silvino Lobos in a “mass surrender ceremony.” Most, if not all, of the “surrenderers” were threatened by soldiers into attending. The activity was a culmination of six straight months of martial rule by the 19th IB in the barrios, misnamed as Community Support Program (CSP) operations.
The NDF-EV condemned the AFP’s use of artillery shelling and military occupation of barrios to force the “mass surrender” of innocent civilians.
“What the 19th IB and the AFP present as “surrenderers” were victims of their shelling spree, military rule in their communities, and monstrous violations of human rights.” CSP operations continue in Silvino Lobos, as per latest reports from the local NPA unit.
“The shelling in Silvino Lobos, overkill bombing in Dolores, Eastern Samar and other indiscriminate attacks by the AFP show that there are no limits to their fascist terrorism. They do not fear that civilians and civilian property can be directly hit by their aerial strikes because it is the masses which are clearly the targets of these attacks. The AFP wastes away billions of pesos of public funds in the flying of helicopters, drones, fighter jets, and the heedless firing of cannons and mortars, to terrorize the masses, to silence them and to make them kneel before their fascist rule.”
The NDF-EV reiterated its call to put an end to the brutal and terrorist air strikes of the AFP. “The people must unite in condemning the bombing sprees, strafing and shelling by the AFP and the Duterte regime. They must record and expose all of these terrorist attacks to demand the ban of these superfluous weapons.”
The NDF-EV also called for the end of the military occupation of Silvino Lobos and other peasant communities in Eastern Visayas. “The people must unite against the undeclared martial rule in the barrios and wage all forms of resistance to drive out these fascist troops in their communities.”#
https://prwcinfo.wordpress.com/2021/11/29/afp-shells-northern-samar-villages-to-force-mass-surrender-of-civilians/
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