(Contributed image) MANILA - Anti-communist group, Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI), believes that "scrapping" the bill institutionalizing the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP)-Department of National Defense (DND) accord into the UP Charter, will protect campuses from infiltration of communist terrorist groups (CTGs). LIPI national chairperson Jose Antonio Goitia, in a statement Thursday, defended the DND's earlier decision to abrogate its agreement with UP, saying "it would end the underground mass recruitment of the communist groups inside campuses." "We have stated this in our previous statement. We reiterate that the termination of the agreement allows the military and police to enter the campus without prior notification to the UP administration in order to provide effective security and ensure the safety and welfare of the universities' students, faculty, and employees against the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People'
Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper : Group wants NPA rebels disarmed as requisite for peace talks blogspot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from blogspot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Liga Independencia Pilipinas national chairperson Jose Antonio Goitia (File photo) MANILA - The anti-communist group Liga Independencia Pilipinas (LIPI) sees the need to disarm members of the New People's Army (NPA) before reopening the government table for another peace talks. Jose Antonio Goitia, LIPI national chairperson, made the remarks following the unanimous stand of the presidential candidates to pursue peace negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), its armed wing NPA, and political arm National Democratic Front (NDF). "As a democratic nation, state, we have issued a strong position as a matter of state policy not to negotiate or conduct talks with any terrorist groups. The CPP-NPA-NDF has been labeled by the international countries as terrorist groups and similarly the Philippines also with the enactment of the Anti-Terrorist Act," he said in a statement Tuesday. Preconditions imposed by the government must be observed before the peace talk
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