MANILA, Philippines — Local government units are being forced to declare communist rebels as persona non grata in their respective localities as these LGUs were threatened not to get proper budget, according to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Friday.
This, after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) earlier said that 1,546 out of 1,715 LGUs nationwide already declared the CPP, as well as members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) as unwelcome in their areas.
“Ang tanong, bakit hindi pa nila nagawang lahat ng 1,715 na LGU na i-declare na ‘persona non grata’ ang CPP at NPA? Tutal, pinipilit lang naman nila…
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