Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio Calls NPA Rebels “Terrorists” After Saturday Attack
Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio described the
attacks perpetrated by the New People’s Army in the city as “acts of terrorism.”
“I take what happened on Saturday as a personal insult
especially because the local government of Davao City has been supportive of
the peace negotiations between the national government and the National
Democratic Front of the Philippines, the political umbrella that covers the
armed guerrilla movement,” said the Mayor.
“And because I have repeatedly offered to talk peace with
the members of the NPA within Davao City,” she added.
At the same time, the City Mayor stressed that the city
government as well as the police and the military establishments are on top of
the situation.
On Saturday morning, April 29, members of the 1st Pulang
Bagani Battalion NPA-SMR attacked the Lapanday Foods Corporation in Barangay
Mandug, Davao City, disarmed security guards at Lapanday’s 2 box plants before
setting fire to several equipment.
New People’s Army-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations
Command Spokesman Rigoberto Sanchez said in a statement the said battalion
“victoriously launched 3 simultaneous tactical offensives in Davao City against
the Lorenzo-owned companies and ranch starting at around 2 am on Saturday.”
“The PBB’s coordinated tactical offensives served as
punitive action against the Lorenzos for their numerous crimes against agricultural
workers, peasants and Lumad,” added Sanchez.
Inday Sara stressed that the city government condemns these
acts committed by a group that pretends to champion social justice and
equality.
“With its history of carrying out atrocities and its
continued penchant for lawlessness and bloodbath, the NPA is an organization
that is not worthy of our trust and respect,” she declared.
The City Mayor extended her sympathies to the general public
caught in the violence, the victims of these attacks, and their families.
She further assured the people of Davao that the city as
well as the PNP and AFP “are on top of the situation.”
“Let us support our police and the military by openly
condemning the NPA as a terrorist organization,” said Mayor Inday Sara.
Meanwhile, on her Instagram account, the Mayor posted a
photo of a fish vendor who was injured in a landmine blast during the NPA attack.
Supt. Jed Clamor of Police Regional 11 earlier said elements
of Task Force Davao and the police were en route to the fire in Barangay Mandug
when the landmine exploded, injuring a vendor.
Source: Manila Bulletin
Davao City Mayor Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio Calls NPA Rebels “Terrorists” After Saturday Attack
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