The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday asked the Makabayan lawmakers to condemn the ‘terrible crimes’ by the communist rebels.
NTF-ELCAC spokesperson on social media issues and sectoral concerns Lorraine Badoy said she wonders why Makabayan solons remain silent regarding these incidents.
“We’ve been waiting for them to denounce the terrible crimes of the CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front) against the Filipino people for the past 52 years and so far the silence again is deafening,” said Badoy, who is also an undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO).
“We cannot gloss over the silence of people who pride themselves [on being] elected by the people.”
Badoy also dared Karapatan to denounce the CPP-NPA-NDF’s alleged atrocities and violations of the international humanitarian law.
“That is the challenge. You can still maybe redeem yourselves and denounce what ought to be denounced,” she said.
NTF-ELCAC dares Makabayan bloc to denounce ‘terrible crimes’ of communist rebels
Meanwhile, Brigadier General Jose Alejandro Nacnac, director of the AFP Center for the Law on Armed Conflict said, “Commissioner Dumpit said they will forward the cases to their regional offices for their investigation. They now have a total of 1,506 cases to investigate. The gathering of other cases are ongoing.”
In November 2020, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año slammed the Makabayan bloc House members for refusing to denounce the CPP-NPA-NDF despite its “horrendous crimes.”
The DILG chief expressed his dismay by Makabayan’s “blind eye to the thousands of atrocities committed by the atheist communist-terrorist group.”
Año, who was also a former military chief, referred to the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People’s Army (NPA), and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).
“If you cannot even condemn the perpetrators of these horrendous crimes against the people in your capacity as elected public officials, there is definitely something wrong,” Año said.
He said Makabayan bloc’s refusal to denounce and distance itself from the CPP-NPA-NDF and their criminal activities is “a clear and indisputable betrayal of public trust.”
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