Duterte turns up heat on CPP-NPA
Published Jan 27, 2018 02:43 am
By Genalyn D. Kabiling
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has threatened to cancel the permits of mining companies that pay revolutionary taxes to Communist rebels.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
(MARCELINO PASCUA/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The President said he will look into the transactions of mining firms known to have capitulated to demands for extortion money by the New People’s Army (NPA), and promised to give these “financiers of the NPA a hell of a time.” "Prankahan tayo. Nagbibigay kayo. Pero ‘pag nahuli ko kayo (Let’s be frank. You give in to their extortion demands. But if I catch you), I will give you hell of a time,” Duterte said upon his arrival in Davao City from his visit to India. "Kayo nagbibigay ng malaki (You give huge amounts). I’ll just cancel your permit. I’ll tell (Environment) Secretary (Roy) Cimatu to cancel it. You are funding an organization which is bent on destroying my country, our country,” he added. The President vowed anew to "crush and destroy" the Communist rebels, saying the government's peace talks with the group are definitely over. "Itong NPA, totodasin ko talaga sila. Tatapusin ko (This NPA, I’ll finish them). The talks are over. No more talks," he said. Duterte said he will also run after the "legal fronts" of the NPA that collect taxes from businesses. President Duterte earlier signed a proclamation declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-NPA as a terrorist organization under the country's Human Security Act. The President's move came after he suspended peace talks with the Communist rebels following the deadly attacks on government troops. The Department of Justice (DOJ) was expected to file a petition formally declaring the communists as terrorists before a regional trial court. "So huwag tayong magbolahan (let’s not beat around the bush), so I’m waiting for the decision of the Supreme Court. ‘Pag lumabas ‘yan (Once that comes out) as terrorist, which you are, really are. Imposing taxes here and there. Mabuti pa kayo, mas marami ang kita (You’re better off because you’re earning much)," Duterte said.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte(MARCELINO PASCUA/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The President said he will look into the transactions of mining firms known to have capitulated to demands for extortion money by the New People’s Army (NPA), and promised to give these “financiers of the NPA a hell of a time.” "Prankahan tayo. Nagbibigay kayo. Pero ‘pag nahuli ko kayo (Let’s be frank. You give in to their extortion demands. But if I catch you), I will give you hell of a time,” Duterte said upon his arrival in Davao City from his visit to India. "Kayo nagbibigay ng malaki (You give huge amounts). I’ll just cancel your permit. I’ll tell (Environment) Secretary (Roy) Cimatu to cancel it. You are funding an organization which is bent on destroying my country, our country,” he added. The President vowed anew to "crush and destroy" the Communist rebels, saying the government's peace talks with the group are definitely over. "Itong NPA, totodasin ko talaga sila. Tatapusin ko (This NPA, I’ll finish them). The talks are over. No more talks," he said. Duterte said he will also run after the "legal fronts" of the NPA that collect taxes from businesses. President Duterte earlier signed a proclamation declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-NPA as a terrorist organization under the country's Human Security Act. The President's move came after he suspended peace talks with the Communist rebels following the deadly attacks on government troops. The Department of Justice (DOJ) was expected to file a petition formally declaring the communists as terrorists before a regional trial court. "So huwag tayong magbolahan (let’s not beat around the bush), so I’m waiting for the decision of the Supreme Court. ‘Pag lumabas ‘yan (Once that comes out) as terrorist, which you are, really are. Imposing taxes here and there. Mabuti pa kayo, mas marami ang kita (You’re better off because you’re earning much)," Duterte said.