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| Arroyo: Sison accountable for NPA attacks |
| 2003-07-01 |
| Jose Maria Sison and other leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF) should be held accountable for the series of attacks launched by its military arm, President Arroyo said Tuesday. âThe NDF leadership should be held accountable for the terrorist acts of the NPA [New People's Army]... [there should be] a review of the GRP-NDF joint agreement on security and immunity,â Arroyo said. She ordered the Cabinet oversight committee on internal security to recommend charges against CPP-NDF leaders. Better late than never. She also asked the committee to consider the redeployment of troops to counter terrorist attacks. Arroyo said the committee should draft "political and diplomatic" measures that would link the NPA with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which the government had accused for recent terror attacks in Mindanao. The President expressed alarm over the series of NPA attacks that resulted in the deaths of soldiers. She cited the attack by 70 suspected communist rebels against a military outpost in Oras, Eastern Samar province, where five Army soldiers, 11 militiamen and a woman were killed. Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal, CPP spokesman, praised the NPA offensives in an interview with Radio dzMM on Tuesday. "I would like to congratulate our comrades in Occidental Mindoro, Eastern Samar and Compostela Valley for their successful offensives. I am calling on the rest of the 128 guerilla groups nationwide to launch similar offensives," Rosal said. Thanks for your input, Greg. We'll put you down as pleading guilty, it'll save time later. NPA rebels killed 13 soldiers and wounded 10 others in Compostela Valley on Monday. |
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