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Presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko" Moreno has expressed openness to drop the terrorist tag on National Democratic Front (NDF), the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military arm the New People’s Army (NPA), should they favor peace in negotiations.
The Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has designated 16 organizations supposedly functioning as underground organizations of the communist groups as terrorists.
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Wednesday said the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC)’s declaration of 16 organizations allied with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines as terrorist groups was “arbitrary and baseless.”