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CPP slams Aquino government ceasefire violations
Submitted by Kodao on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 17:45.
By CPP Information Bureau
**CPP slams Aquino government ceasefire violations**
Citing initial reports from the New People's Army (NPA), the Communist
Party of the Philippines (CPP) today slammed the Aquino regime for
violating its own ceasefire declaration as its armed forces continue
to wage its Oplan Bayanihan war of suppression against the people.
The CPP cited reports from Abra, Surigao del Sur, Isabela and Rizal
provinces.
In Abra, two truckloads of soldiers belonging to the 50th Infantry
Battalion occupied Sitio (sub-village) Sagsagod of Barangay (village)
Saccaang, Sallapadan on 21 December, while another platoon occupied
Barangays Palaquio and Tabiog in the municipality of Bucay. In
violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights
and International Humanitarian Law (CAHRIHL), some of the operating
troops stationed themselves inside the population centers and even at
the Tabiog Elementary School while other troops scoured the mountains.
The soldiers told the residents that they intend to stay up to the end
of the year.
Around the same time, a van and two 6×6 trucks occupied the Barangay
Hall of Barangay Gangal, a few meters away from Gangal Elementary
School. Another platoon of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
disrupted a wedding in Barangay Naguillan, Sallapadan, by
unceremoniously entering the barrio after their combat operations. At
present, 50th IB troops are also encamped inside the barangay hall and
at the Barangay Bila-bila plaza in Sallapadan.
In Surigao del Sur, residents of Tandag City complained last 16
December about the continuing presence of armed troops of the 36th
Infantry Battalion Community Organizing for Peace and Development
(COPD) team in the barangay hall of Barrio Mabuhay, which has been
used by the AFP soldiers as their detachment. These troops are
responsible for the increasing number of cases of military abuses
since their deployment to the area in September. The residents were
hoping that the COPD would be withdrawn with Aquino's ceasefire
declaration.
In Isabela, armed troops of the 5th Infantry Division launched a
search-and-pursuit operation in San Mariano on 16 December, on the
very day that the AFP issued its ceasefire declaration. A section of
the 17th Infantry Battalion was also transferred to San Mariano from
its former base in the adjacent province of Cagayan.
In Rizal, armed troops of the 16th, 59th and 76th Infantry Battalions
continue to launch offensive military operations in the towns of
Jala-jala, Pililia, Tanay, Baras, Rodriguez, and Antipolo City under
the guise of conducting peace and development operations. Not a single
unit of the AFP has been ordered to go back to their barracks.
The CPP said the continuing military operations of the AFP under Oplan
Bayanihan expose the duplicity of the Aquino regime and the AFP. They
show that the 18-day ceasefire order is an empty declaration that
serves only to cover up the continuing terrorist activities of the
military, police and paramilitary forces.
**CPP slams Aquino government ceasefire violations**
Citing initial reports from the New People's Army (NPA), the Communist
Party of the Philippines (CPP) today slammed the Aquino regime for
violating its own ceasefire declaration as its armed forces continue
to wage its Oplan Bayanihan war of suppression against the people.
The CPP cited reports from Abra, Surigao del Sur, Isabela and Rizal
provinces.
In Abra, two truckloads of soldiers belonging to the 50th Infantry
Battalion occupied Sitio (sub-village) Sagsagod of Barangay (village)
Saccaang, Sallapadan on 21 December, while another platoon occupied
Barangays Palaquio and Tabiog in the municipality of Bucay. In
violation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights
and International Humanitarian Law (CAHRIHL), some of the operating
troops stationed themselves inside the population centers and even at
the Tabiog Elementary School while other troops scoured the mountains.
The soldiers told the residents that they intend to stay up to the end
of the year.
Around the same time, a van and two 6×6 trucks occupied the Barangay
Hall of Barangay Gangal, a few meters away from Gangal Elementary
School. Another platoon of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
disrupted a wedding in Barangay Naguillan, Sallapadan, by
unceremoniously entering the barrio after their combat operations. At
present, 50th IB troops are also encamped inside the barangay hall and
at the Barangay Bila-bila plaza in Sallapadan.
In Surigao del Sur, residents of Tandag City complained last 16
December about the continuing presence of armed troops of the 36th
Infantry Battalion Community Organizing for Peace and Development
(COPD) team in the barangay hall of Barrio Mabuhay, which has been
used by the AFP soldiers as their detachment. These troops are
responsible for the increasing number of cases of military abuses
since their deployment to the area in September. The residents were
hoping that the COPD would be withdrawn with Aquino's ceasefire
declaration.
In Isabela, armed troops of the 5th Infantry Division launched a
search-and-pursuit operation in San Mariano on 16 December, on the
very day that the AFP issued its ceasefire declaration. A section of
the 17th Infantry Battalion was also transferred to San Mariano from
its former base in the adjacent province of Cagayan.
In Rizal, armed troops of the 16th, 59th and 76th Infantry Battalions
continue to launch offensive military operations in the towns of
Jala-jala, Pililia, Tanay, Baras, Rodriguez, and Antipolo City under
the guise of conducting peace and development operations. Not a single
unit of the AFP has been ordered to go back to their barracks.
The CPP said the continuing military operations of the AFP under Oplan
Bayanihan expose the duplicity of the Aquino regime and the AFP. They
show that the 18-day ceasefire order is an empty declaration that
serves only to cover up the continuing terrorist activities of the
military, police and paramilitary forces.
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