Jeffrey "Ka Eric" Celiz, secretary general of Abante Sentrong Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Bayan(File photo) MANILA - Probing the connection of communist terrorist groups (CTGs) with communities is part of the job of the Philippine National Police (PNP). What is questionable, according to Jeffrey "Ka Eric" Celiz, a former New People's Army official, is the "malicious intent" of a party-list group to accuse government officials and security forces of "red-tagging". Celiz is the secretary-general of Abante Sentrong Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Bayan (Sambayanan). Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas claimed that the Navotas City police were ordered to do community profiling on Sunday to determine the villages that delivered votes for Makabayan bloc members Kabataan, Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, ACT Teachers, and Gabriela during the May 9 polls. In a statement on Tuesday, Celiz said there is nothing wrong with the police conducting community
(File photo) MANILA - A party-list group composed of former high-ranking officials and members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) is supporting local peace engagement and localized peace initiatives. In a statement issued on Monday, Abante Sentrong Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Bayan (SAMBAYANAN) said the overall strategic direction of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) should be anchored on a clear peace mechanism. The group said the central and core objective of Executive Order 70 in December 2018 that created the NTF-ELCAC institutionalized a whole-of-nation approach in obtaining sustainable peace. Appropriate, responsive, and peace-founded approach mechanisms are important in the success of the entire mission to achieve lasting peace, the group stated. "The strategic direction therefore of our peace approach mechanism is a peace process that is centrally-directed, nationally-coordinated but locall
Sentrong Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Bayan (SAMBAYANAN) MANILA - A group composed of former members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) said no one is funding the organization. The Abante Sentrong Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Bayan (SAMBAYANAN) denied the accusations of active members of CPP-NPA and its legal front organizations that alleged they are being funded by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to enter the party-list system. The groups added that the insurgency task force's 2022 budget for Barangay Development Program will be "used for the delivery of necessary services to long-neglected communities", not for Sambayanan's gain. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) have twice denied Sambayanan's petition to seek a seat in Congress. Abante Sambayanan, an alternative people's alliance consisting of former high-ranking officials of the CPP-NPA-National Democratic Front (N