Abra IPMRs declare CPP- NPA persona-non-grata

BANGUED, Abra – The Council of Indigenous Peoples’ Mandatory Representatives (IPMR) pushed the implementation of ancestral domains of the indigenous peoples particularly in Tingguian municipalities as zones of peace.

In council resolution no. 3 series of 2020, IP leaders declared the New Peoples’ Army (NPA), Communist Party of the Philippines- National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NDFP)  and left-leaning groups that are considered threats as “persona-non-grata” in all Tinggian ancestral domains of the province particularly in the  municipalities  of Tubo, Malibcong, and Lacub .
    Provincial IPMR Romero Daoaten led the municipal IPMRs in signing the resolution declaring the groups persona  non-grata during the IP Day celebration in Oct. 21.

Daoaten lauded the IPMRs for their commitment in keeping their areas zones of peace, in support to Executive Order No. 70 of President Rodrigo Duterte “institutionalizing a whole-of-nation approach in ending local communist armed-conflict (ELCAC) towards the attainment of sustainable and inclusive peace.”

Daoaten also urged recruited IP youths to return to the folds of the law. 

There were 15 conflict-affected barangays in the province as per report of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency.  

The Provincial Task Force –ELCAC led by Abra Gov. Joy Bernos was  reportedly doubling its efforts to bring services and projects in these barangays to keep the Abrenians from from being recruited by leftist groups. – PIA Abra