IPS WANT CNTS PUNISHED FOR KILLING IP LEADERS IN SURSUR By Jennifer P. Gaitano
Following the killing of Datu Jomar Bucales, along with other Indigenous Peoples (IP) leaders in Lianga, Surigao del Sur, the IP communities called on the different concerned government agencies, media, and other sectors to help bring those responsible to justice. Datu Jimmy Guinsod, provincial Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) of Surigao del Sur has appealed to the national government for swift justice and wanted the communist terrorist group (CTG) in the province to be punished by law for their terroristic acts. As he shared his sentiments, he also revealed that Datu Bucales has
been an active leader in the promotion of peace and development in Lianga and has been supportive of the government’s initiatives. During a press briefing facilitated by the 401st Brigade, Philippine Army, Secretary Allen Capuyan of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) bared that the killing incident of Datu Bucales and other IP leaders is an expression of the Communist New People’s Army Terrorists (CNTs’) exploitation and abuse to the ancestral domain of the IP communities. “Such terroristic act should not be tolerated,” he said. “Government agencies, media, October 10-16, 2020 |
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