“Members of NDMOs espouse valid societal change, without necessarily giving through to ‘armed struggle’ or ‘violence’ aimed at overthrowing the government, as a means to achieve the same,” the decision read.
A Manila court has dismissed the proscription case seeking to declare the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) as terrorist groups.
Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa on Thursday said the government's counter-insurgency efforts will not be affected by a local court's dismissal of the proscription case that seeks to declare the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) as terrorist groups.
Former Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday, September 22 said the Manila Regional Trial Court’s junking of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) petition for proscription that sought to declare as “terrorist organizations” the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA