Stop the funding of the Communist
Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army fronts.
This is essentially the tenor of the
letter written by to the European Union (EU).
In a letter to Gilles De Kerchove, EU
Counter-Terrorism Coordinator dated March 26, Esperon said EU funds are being principally
used to sustain terrorist activities of the longest existing communist
terrorist organization in the world — the CPP-NPA — which is listed as a
terrorist group by both the United States and the EU.
National Security Adviser and Vice Chairman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTFELCAC) Hermogenes Esperon (photo credit to RMN) |
National Security Adviser and Vice Chairman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTFELCAC) Hermogenes Esperon notes that the funds being
sent are being used to "to propagate terrorism" through international
alliances and networks, and are utilized to finance terrorist front
organizations to recruit, traffic, and exploit children to become child
warriors.
Also the money being sent by EU are
being used to "to recruit and exploit vulnerable sectors such as
indigenous people (IP), the systematic destruction of the latter's culture and
value system, and the murder of their leaders.
Propagating terrorism
Esperon said the CPP-NPA has
successfully nurtures international alliances in the different parts of the
world through its front purportedly to address social ills afflicting the Filipno
society
Recruiting children and IP’s
Recruitment are done to the
vulnerable sectors of the society such as fishermen, peasants, Indigenous
people,aming others.
Esperon explains that three Belgian
NGO’s which have "indirectly and unwittingly partnered" with various
NGOs in the Philippines that act as legal fronts of the CPP-NPA, namely the
SOLIDAGRO, Viva Salud, and KIYO.
Among the listed Philippine NGOs were
the Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development
(ALCADEV); IBON Foundation; Karapatan; Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation,
Inc.; the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines; the Salugpungan Ta'tanu
Igkanugon Community Learning Center, Inc.; the Alliance of Health Workers; the
Kilusang Mayo Uno; Gabriela; and ACT.
Esperon explains that the ALCADEV
and Salugpungan NGO’s are identified as CPP-NPA alternative learning centers
and schools.
"It is appalling that these entities are used to radicalize
children with the end view of turning them into child warriors and future
leaders of the CPP-NPA communist-terrorist groups," the letter reads.
Terrorism funding illegal
Belgian Ambassador to the
Philippines,Michel Goffin, said the EU and Belgium consider
it illegal to fund terrorism, whether directly or indirectly.
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