Palace rejects claims LGUs are being forced to declare Reds persona non grata: Walang humahanga sa terorista

By Prince Golez

Malacañang on Tuesday rejected the claim made by communist rebels that the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local governments to declare members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in their localities.

“Walang basehan ang ganyang paratang laban sa DILG. Unang-una, hindi naman DILG at mga LGUs ang nagdedeklara sa kanila na persona non grata, ang unang-una, US State Department. Ang tawag nga nila sa CPP-NPA terorista,” according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.

The Interior department earlier said a total of 1,546 LGUs nationwide have declared CPP-NPA-NDF persona non grata. The CPP, however, alleged that LGUs were just forced to make such a declaration out of fear of not getting proper budget.

“Kung ikaw ay terorista iwewelcome mo pa ba sila? Wag silang magalit sa mga LGU na nagparatang na sila ay persona non grata dahil in this civilized world wala talagang humahanga sa mga terorista,” Roque said in an online Palace briefing.

“Kaya kayo ibaba na ninyo ang inyong armas. Magtutok na lang kayo sa parliamentary struggle. Nahahalal naman kayo sa Kongreso. Damihan ninyo ang hanay niyo run nang sa ganun magkaroon ng pagbabago.

“Tigil na po yang patayan lalung-lalo na kung papatayin nyo naman eh kapwa nyong mahirap na Pilipino rin,” the official added.

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