Statement from the Vice President,
Sara Duterte
I wore that traditional Bagobo
Tagabawa dress to the State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand
Marcos, Jr in honor of one of the tribes that form the 11 groups of people of
Davao City, apart from the Christians.
But I also wore it in solidarity with
the lumads of Mindanao and the many other Indigenous Peoples groups all over
the country who have been uprising against the terrorist New People’s Army’s
chronic exploitation of their children, arming them as new recruits — nevermind
if they are still minors and unable to understand the madness of the terrorism
espoused by the NPAs.
(photo credit to owner)
I wore the traditional Bagobo
Tagabawa dress to raise awareness of the victimization of the IPs by the NPA
and the Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of
the Philippines.
It was lobbying in the open public
the welfare of IPs who have always been the favorite darling of the NPA for
their recruitment and attacks — which happen every time they register their
resistance.
It was to hold a space for another
narrative unknown to many Filipinos and to bridge public awareness of what is
horribly happening to the IPs in remote places — deceptions, recruitments, and
killings are carried out without mercy by the NPAs and their supporters.
This brings me to Eufemia Cullamat,
the mother of an NPA fighter who died in Mindanao in 2020.
As an IP herself, Cullamat should
apologize to her fellow IPs for allowing a terrorist group like the NPA to
strip them of their dignity as a people and dragging them into a war that
serves them nothing as IPs.
And as a mother of a dead NPA
fighter, she should apologize to her daughter for sending her to her untimely
gruesome demise.
Before I stepped down as mayor, Davao
City was declared insurgency-free. IPs in Paquibato District and other
hinterlands of Davao are now living a life free from NPAs. They are now safe
from the likes of Cullamat.
And I will continue to borrow and
wear traditional dresses from IPs and other groups I want to honor and stand in
solidarity with against terrorist organizations like the NPA and people like
Cullamat.
And I will not waver. In fact, you
will see me even more relentless because I have a responsibility to the
Filipino people, especially to the Filipino children.
And I promise not to stop so that
parents like Cullamat do not bury the bullet-ridden bodies of their children —
killed in a war perpetuated by a senseless and idiotic ideology.
Thank you.
Sara Z. Duterte
Vice President of the Philippines
Secretary of the Department of
Education
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