MAJOR General Dinoh Dolina, commander of 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army commended the province of Negros Oriental for declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) terrorists persona non grata.
Dolina, in a press statement on Tuesday, April 9, said the province through its Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) made the right and appropriate action against the communist terrorist group responsible for the series of atrocities in Negros Oriental victimizing not only security forces but also government and private properties and most of all defenseless civilians.
The PPOC passed and approved the Resolution No. 3, series of 2019, declaring the CPP-NPA terrorists persona non grata on March 12.
It was cited in the resolution that the socio-economic advancement of the province had been affected due to the series of atrocities conducted by the CPP-NPA terrorists that propagate fear to the general public and even potential investors which made a terrible economic implication not only in the province but the whole country as well.
The PPOC also believed that the atrocities perpetrated by the communist-terrorist group is a manifestation of betrayal of achieving peace, thus, disrupting the peace and order situation of the province.
“These rationales are more than enough to declare the CPP-NPA terrorists as ‘unwelcome and unacceptable persons,’” Dolina said.
The people are fed up with these anti-people, anti-peace, and anti-development communist-terrorists. They have no place in a peace-loving community, he added.
Dolina encouraged other provinces in the Visayas to pass the same resolution not only to prevent CPP-NPA terrorists from entering peaceful communities but also to stop them from casting more terror. (GYM)