{"id":197230,"date":"2019-01-10T20:44:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T01:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=197230"},"modified":"2019-01-10T20:44:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T01:44:02","slug":"prrd-eyes-arming-mayors-vs-npa-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/10\/prrd-eyes-arming-mayors-vs-npa-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD eyes arming mayors vs. NPA attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_165991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165991\" style=\"width: 1350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165991\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-1-1.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-1-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-1-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Duterte-1-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cAko sinasabi ko lang sa NPA, ayaw kong armasan ang mga tao. Pero \u2018pag sige ganun ang ano (I want to tell the NPA, I don\u2019t want to arm people. But okay, if they\u2019re like that), I will allow the purchase of individual firearms,\u201d Duterte said. (FIle Photo: ACE MORANDANTE\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he plans to allow the purchase of individual firearms so that mayors could protect themselves and their constituents from possible attacks by communist rebels.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech in Masbate City on Wednesday night, Duterte said he is considering allowing local chief executives to purchase firearms to combat the New People\u2019s Army (NPA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAko sinasabi ko lang sa NPA, ayaw kong armasan ang mga tao. Pero \u2018pag sige ganun ang ano (I want to tell the NPA, I don\u2019t want to arm people. But okay, if they\u2019re like that), I will allow the purchase of individual firearms,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPati \u2018yung mga mayor bigyan ko \u2018yan ng armas talaga. Wala akong magawa eh (Even mayors, I will give them arms. I don\u2019t have a choice),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte said he would be forced to allow the arming of mayors since they \u201cwould feel naked\u201d without firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The President repeatedly vowed to provide communist rebels with housing and livelihood if they lay down their arms and return to the government fold.<\/p>\n<p>The US State Department and the European Union have both tagged the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Malaca\u00f1ang described the 50-year insurgency as a \u201cfailed rebellion\u201d as members of the NPA are ageing and declining in numbers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; President Rodrigo R. 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