{"id":140361,"date":"2017-12-19T04:27:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=140361"},"modified":"2017-12-19T04:27:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:27:43","slug":"cbcp-slams-npa-attack-on-soldiers-helping-urduja-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/19\/cbcp-slams-npa-attack-on-soldiers-helping-urduja-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"CBCP slams NPA attack on soldiers helping ‘Urduja’ victims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) slammed the attack by New People’s Army (NPA) against government forces who provided relief to calamity victims in Northern Samar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ambush of soldiers while delivering relief goods is deplorable!\u201d said Fr. Edu Gariguez, executive secretary of CBCP-National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice and Peace (NASSA).<\/p>\n

\u201cIn emergency humanitarian operation, the military should not be targeted for offensive attack by the NPA, particularly if they are bringing relief goods to flood victims,\u201d he furthered.<\/p>\n

With this, the Catholic priest renewed its call to end the armed conflict between the government and the NPA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are advocating for peaceful and just resolution of armed conflict. Peace talks should proceed and ceasefire should be observed by both parties during Christmas and even beyond,\u201d Gariguez added.<\/p>\n

The military, however, earlier said it is not inclined to declare a holiday truce with the communist terrorists, adding that such attack validates the government’s decision to scrap peace talks with the latter.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, two soldiers were hurt after they were ambushed by NPA brigands while they were on their way to a relief operation in Catubig, Northern Samar which was hit by tropical depression ‘Urduja’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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