Saturday, November 22, 2008 NDF hits former S. Mindanao police chief
THE National Democratic Front (NDF) slammed former Southern Mindanao police director Andres Caro, for tagging the New People's Army (NPA) as the "biggest organized crime group" in the region because of its "extortion activities."
In a statement, NDF Southern Mindanao spokesman Rubi del Mundo said Caro's allegation is ridiculous aimed at both "saving his face from being an inutile law enforcer and to recycle baseless spin against the revolutionary movement."
"Let it be clear that extortion refers to the money-making scheme which is rampant in PNP/AFP officialdom - from the euro-generals involved in Moscow and the 'kotong' cops. Revolutionary taxation by the NPA, on the other hand, is a function of the revolutionary organs of political power in the countryside," the rebel spokesman said.
The NDF said that under Caro's administration as Southern Mindanao police chief, he was not able to solve the senseless crimes in Davao City, Tagum City, Digos City, as well as the political killings of activists.
"To say that he and the police establishment had a hand in the summary killings of petty criminals and other individuals in the region is not far-fetched. His term was also marked with a series of defeats from the NPA's tactical offensives," del Mundo added.
The NDF also said that Caro's promotion last week to head the Directorate Integrated for Police Operations in Eastern Mindanao, "suggests that his bosses prefer to transfer him to an assignment that is more administrative in nature, incompetent as he is."
"Caro's accusation about extortion is audacious, to say the least, in the light of the colossal cases of graft and corruption by the Arroyo regime -- the fertilizer scam, the NBN-ZTE scandal, the North Rail Project, Jose Pidal issue, Mt. Diwalwal project, euro generals, among others -- a large scale and organized crime rampant in the highest echelons and thriving because of its biggest protectors -- the PNP and AFP," del Mundo added. (BOT)
