Left Wing Extremism: Help stop funds flow to CPP-NPA, Pinoys in US urged
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WISCONSIN
— Indigenous people’s (IP) leaders on Sunday appealed to the Filipino
community here to be vigilant in giving support to organizations asking
for financial assistance, saying these might be channeled to groups
affiliated with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s
Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).
“They have campaigns
of adoption of schools, adoption of students, adoption of alleged
teachers, but the CPP-NPA-NDF imposes a policy on these organizations,
where 60 percent of funds goes to them,” Datu Jacob Lanes said in an
interview.
Lanes, of the Mandaya tribe from Davao City, said the
CPP-NPA-NDF has built its networks across the world while fostering a
strategy that includes armed struggle and the use of progressive fronts.
“The
Filipino community, especially in the United States and Europe, should
be vigilant so that they will not fall to the deception of the CPP using
their different organizations,” Lanes added.
Stopping the
channeling of funds to the Reds’ front groups, Lanes said, would
constrain the capacity of the their armed wing to operate and frustrate
their ability to launch attacks. Hypocrisy
Datu
Ramon Bayaan, on the other hand, said communist insurgents have been
deceiving IP communities, bringing them to rallies that go as far as
Manila.
“Itong problema namin, malaki ang koneksyon sa US. Mag
rally ang mga komunistang terorista sa Manila, sa Davao, unsa ilang
gi-singgit? Ibagsak ang US, ibagsak ang imperyalismo (Our problem
has a huge connection here in the US. The communist terrorists would
rally in Manila, in Davao, what do they shout? Bring down US, bring down
imperialism),” he said.
Bayaan, however, said he wondered why
amid their call to oppose the US and bring down capitalism and
imperialism, they would still ask financial aid from organizations in
the US.
“Sa madaling salita, nagilad gyud sila. Kay dili sila
gusto sa gobyerno sa US, pero nangayo sila ug suporta gikan sa mga
organisasyon sa US (In other words, they deceive us. Because they
don’t want the US government, but they ask support from organizations in
the US),” added Bayaan, tribal leader of the Obu-Manuvu tribe.
APPEAL TO PINOYS.
Tribal leaders speak up against the atrocities of communist terrorist
groups in the Philippines, in a forum hosted by the Philippine Cultural
and Civic Center Foundation, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sunday
(July 7, 2019). They called on Filipinos to be more discerning of
providing financial assistance to groups, citing that communist front
groups get funding from countries abroad in the guise of pro-poor
programs. (Photo by Mac Villarino/PCOO)Lanes
and Bayaan were among the eight tribal leaders who paid a visit to the
Filipino community here to help disseminate their stories in America —
how communist terrorists try to control and manage their ancestral
domains, killing tribal chieftains who would go against them in the
process. Emotional persuasion
Jocelyn
Agoncillo Ramos, executive director of the Philippine Cultural and Civic
Center Foundation, Inc., said the communist terrorists have been
“utilizing emotions” to rally the Filipino community to believe in their
narrative.
“It’s always the sad story that they’ll use, they will
use issues on women, labor, and when you empathize with them, then you
help them,” she said.
The groups, she said, sow anguish among
overseas Filipinos through painting a climate of fear in the
Philippines, so they would be convinced to donate money that would
supposedly go to disadvantaged sectors back home. ‘Educate yourselves’
Meanwhile,
clinic administrator Erlinda Ramos said she has been receiving e-mails
from international groups asking donations to help vulnerable sectors in
the Philippines.
“These groups appeal to you, like ‘join us,’ or
‘we need your support.’ Well, you need to find out where they are based,
where your money is going, what it’s for,” she said.
“The
bottomline is, if you’re going to give help to somebody, make sure you
know, you research where your money is going to go. You have to know,”
she added.
In March, the European Union vowed to investigate allegations that its assistance funds were being funneled to the CPP-NPA.
The
Philippine government has requested the EU to "immediately cease" its
funding being channeled to groups acting as legal fronts of the CPP-NPA.
Based
on a report presented by the Philippine government before officials of
the EU, European Parliament, and the European Commission, communist
front organizations receive funds from the Belgian government and some
European countries in the guise of marginalized and pro-poor programs.
The
CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States,
European Union, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the
Philippines ANTI-INSURGENCY DRIVE. Tribal
leaders pose with members of the Filipino community, in a forum hosted
by the Philippine Cultural and Civic Center Foundation, Inc. in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Sunday (July 7, 2019). They appealed to
Filipinos to help expose the atrocities of the CPP-NPA-NDF. (Photo by Mac Villarino/PCOO)
Source: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1074334
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