Butuan village declares CNTs persona non-grata
By 1Lt Nonette B Banggad
CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte,
May 10 – The barangay council of Anticala in Butuan City recently approved
Resolution no. 030 series of 2019 declaring the members of the Communist Party
of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) terrorist persona non-grata in
their barangay premises during the barangay council session on April 24, 2019.
Two weeks after the signing of the
resolution, Barangay Chairman Antonio Masamayor Masamayor explained the
content of the approved resolution to his constituents during the special
general assembly meeting on May 6, 2019.
In response to the call of their
barangay leaders, more or less 70 purok leaders of the barangay including Datu
Pandugukan Diomedes A. Guinsod, Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative of
Manobo tribe supported the implementation by doing the symbolic signing of the
resolution.
“Kauban sa akong mga katribu ug
katigulangan, akong gipadayag akong suporta sa mga lakang nga gibuhat sa atong
mga opisyales niining barangay nga maoy maka pabag-o gikan sa dili maayu nga
imahe. Ato silang suportahan sa walay pag duha-duha (We, the Manobo tribe and
the elderly strongly support the move of the barangay officials. Let us support
them all the way)," said Datu Guinsod.
“As the second barangay in Butuan
City to declare CNTs as persona non-grata, I hope that more barangays will
finally recognize the need to take similar actions against the terrorists and
join our campaign to completely eradicate the communist armed conflict in the
whole Agusan del Norte,” said Lt. Col. Isagani O Criste, 29IB Commanding
Officer. (CMO Officer, 29IB PA/PIA Agusan del Norte)
