Balao-as was sworn into as unified CPLA chairman in rites officiated supposedly by Cordillera Bodong Administration (CBA) president Andres Ngao-i. Molina said that in April, leaders of the different CPLA factions met with the National Economic Development Authority-Cordillera and OPAPP functionaries and agreed to iron out a CPLA unification agreement. At present, there are still around 3,000 card-bearing CPLA members in the six provinces of the Cordillera. These are those who were disenfranchised with last Saturday’s fake installation of the so-called unified CPLA chairman, Molina added. “In deference to genuine CPLA members and genuine factions, I will not recognize the bogus chairman installed last Saturday,” he said.

Source: Manila Times July 05, 2017 13:07 UTC