THE recent attacks by the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), in several provinces only shows that the rebels are “communist terrorists,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday. “The latest atrocities perpetrated by the NPA…show why they are rightfully labeled as communist terrorists,” Lorenzana said in a statement. “That is why I fully support the President’s decision not to resume the formal peace talks unless the CPP-NPA stop their attacks and extortion activities, and reign in the warmongers among them,” Lorenzana said. “The government has proven its sincerity in dealing with the communist movement. This, in turn, has been reciprocated by double talk and treachery,” he added.

Source: Manila Times July 21, 2017 04:52 UTC