Carlito Galvez, former AFP chief and now peace adviser to President Rodrigo Duterte, said New People’s Army (NPA) members launched the attack that killed the lumad leader. ADVERTISEMENTThe rebels, Galvez said, were also behind the burning of an indigenous people’s livelihood center at the village of Panansalan in Compostela, Davao de Oro last Dec. 30. In a directive heeding the truce, the NDFP ordered NPA units to stand down and not launch attacks on government targets for 15 days. ADVERTISEMENT“Diwangan has been receiving death threats for helping the Army thwart the NPA expansion in the mountains of Cabanglasan,” Illana said. Illana said the NPA had accused Diwangan of leading a notorious anti-communist paramilitary group called Alamara.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 07, 2020 11:48 UTC