Gov't, public cooperation makes NPA unpopular in DavOr: Guv

From the Philippine News Agency (May 17, 2022): Gov't, public cooperation makes NPA unpopular in DavOr: Guv (By Che Palicte)

Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang. (PNA file photo)

The unpopularity of the communist New People's Army (NPA) in Davao Oriental could be attributed to the cooperation of the public and barangay officials with government security forces, the provincial governor said Tuesday.

Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang, speaking over the "Tagged Debunking Lies By Telling the Truth" program aired at SMNI, said the NPA's rejection in the province was also due to good governance.

"The people realized that we have a working government providing good services to them," he said.

In addition, the outgoing governor said the sustained presence of the military and police units in Davao Oriental has also led to the complete dismantling of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-NPA in many parts of the province.

In fact, Dayanghirang noted that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has not recorded any extortion case from the NPA during the elections.

"This means that we are closer to the dismantling of the CPP-NPA in the country. I hope the next admin will continue its fight against them to stop their atrocities," he said.

Dayanghirang vowed to continue supporting the peace efforts of the government to ensure that NPA can no longer recover and conduct grassroots influence campaign.

The Communist Party of the Philippines-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/1174612