ADVERTISEMENTIn Manila, Commission on Human Rights spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia said the President’s statement suggested that IPs could be used as “instruments of violence against fellow Filipinos.”Injustice“Lumad have long been victims of different forms of injustice. Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said this “bounty-hunting scheme” was a “divide and rule machination” that would further the deterioration of an already grim human rights situation in lumad communities. President Duterte reeks of the worst discrimination against the lumad,” Aba added. The military has been training lumad and other villagers to become Cafgu Active Auxiliary (CAA) members. In December, dozens of Manobo, Tagakaulo, B’laan, Bagobo and T’boli lumad finished their basic military training in Sarangani province.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 12, 2018 21:33 UTC