{"id":201812,"date":"2019-02-11T23:15:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T04:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=201812"},"modified":"2019-02-11T23:18:52","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T04:18:52","slug":"we-dont-need-npa-were-distributing-lands-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/11\/we-dont-need-npa-were-distributing-lands-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"We don\u2019t need NPA, we\u2019re distributing lands: Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech after leading the ceremonial distribution of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) to the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries of Maguindanao at the Buluan Municipal Gymnasium on February 11, 2019. JOEY DALUMPINES\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— \u00a0It is unnecessary to join the communist struggle because the government is willing to distribute lands, President Rodrigo R. Duterte said on Monday.<\/p>\n

He made this remark in his speech before more than 700 beneficiaries during the ceremonial distribution of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) in Buluan, Mindanao.<\/p>\n

\u201cUp to now, I have about 60,000 hectares already\u00a0nung na-Presidente ako<\/em>\u00a0(when I became President).\u00a0Hindi na natin kailangan ang<\/em>\u00a0NPA (We no longer need the New People’s Army). What for?\u201d Duterte said in his speech.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Yan man ang mga kampanya nila — ibigay nila ang lupa sa tao. Kaya ko mang ibigay \u2018yan. Ibinibigay ko na nga<\/em>\u00a0(Their campaign is to give land to the people. I can give them that. I have actually already given land),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte also slammed Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria \u201cJoma\u201d Sison for justifying the communist rebels\u2019 collection of revolutionary taxes for what the exiled revolutionary leader calls the \u201cpeople\u2019s government.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAno bang hindi namin maibigay<\/em>? Fifty-three years\u00a0kayong nakipaglabanan sa gobyerno, ni hindi kayo makahawak ng isang barangay. Tapos gusto niyo patayan lang palagi<\/em>\u00a0(What can\u2019t we give? You\u2019ve been fighting against the government for 53 years and you can\u2019t even conquer one barangay. Then you just want to perpetrate the killing),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President described the collection of revolutionary taxes as a form of extortion.<\/p>\n

\u201cTapos<\/em>\u00a0mag<\/em>-dream\u00a0ka na kailangan ka mag<\/em>-extort\u00a0kasi \u2018yung inyong gobyerno kailangan mabuhay. \u2018Yun ang<\/em>\u00a0statement\u00a0ni<\/em>\u00a0Sison.\u00a0Anong gobyerno? Kailan ka ba nagkaroon ng gobyerno?<\/em>\u00a0(And then you dream that you need to extort money because your government needs to be funded. That\u2019s Sison\u2019s statement. What government? When did you ever have your own government?)” he added.<\/p>\n

Last week, Duterte offered to reopen peace talks but Sison shut it down and described it as an \u201cinsult to the revolutionary movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo advised Sison to instead rejoin society and contribute his intellect and expertise to peaceful dialogues for the betterment of all Filipinos.<\/p>\n

\u201cSison must step down from his ivory tower and extend his hands for peace, for his own sake, for his followers, for the Filipino people, for his country he loves so well,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time to rejoin society. There is nothing dishonorable in accepting defeat. There is another path for change other than armed struggle. Filipinos cannot continue killing Filipinos,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Duterte terminated peace talks with the communist rebels following continued attacks against government troops and their insistence to collect revolutionary taxes.<\/p>\n

The CPP-NPA has been tagged as a terror group by the United States and the European Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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