Isabela CPP-NPA leaders surrender

By Leander C. Domingo

GAMU, Isabela -- Leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in this province have voluntarily surrendered to the Army’s 86th and 95th Infantry Battalion (IB) of the 5th Infantry Division (5th ID) last week.
    Major Jekyll Julian Dulawan, 5th ID public affairs officer, said Alias Popoy of NPA’s Squad Uno, Regional Sentro De Gravidad (RSDG), Komiteng Rehiyon-Cagayan Valley (KR-CV) was the first one to surrender to the 86th IB in Sitio Jet in Barangay San Guillermo in Isabela province.
    Dulawan said Alias Popoy was recruited to the CPP-NPA in October 2020 by a certain Alias Andong.
    Intelligence records show that Alias Popoy was among the CPP-NPA members and whose group had an encounter with the 86th IB in San Guillermo town in Isabela on March 15 where a certain Alias Yuni, a high ranking CPP-NPA official in Cagayan Valley, was killed.
    Alias Popoy said he was able to sneak out, leaving his former comrades who threatened him if he left their organization.
    “I am too tired having to hide from government authorities, experiencing starvation, moving from one place to another for food and shelter,” he said.
    Alias Popoy said that while he felt bad fighting government troops, he was pressured and intimidated by his CPP-NPA cadres.
    In San Mariano town, Isabela, Alias Kalahati/Rocket/Rudy also surrendered to authorities.