Ex-NPA rebel slams senators’ Move to defund NTF-ELCAC
Artillery assault vs BIFF in Maguindanao resumes
COTABATO CITY – The military launched anew preemptive artillery attacks on pinpointed positions of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) on the border of two Maguindanao towns Monday following reports of the massing up of some 30 terrorist members in the area.
Lt. Col. John Paul Baldomar, speaking for the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the 3 a.m. artillery strikes were initiated after the Army intelligence unit confirmed that the BIFF has again converged in the borders of Sharif Saydona Mustapha and Datu Piang towns.
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A FORMER New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) fighter called the move by some senators to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict as an act of treason
In a press conference held at the 1002nd “Bagwis” Brigade Advance Command Post in Magpet, North Cotabato on April 24, Ka Amihan questioned the move to review the NTF-ELCAC’s barangay development program budget of P19 Billion. Under
the program, a cleared barangay will get an allocation of P20 million worth of projects.
“Bakit natin i-de-defund? Bakit natin i-de-deprive ng isang kaunlarang programa na deserved nila for how many years (why would we deprive them of a development program that they deserved for how many years)? From our point of view as former rebels and to those victims of communist deception and exploitation, defunding NTF-ELCAC is an act of treason to the people,” Ka