Reports from Correspondents:
NPA clarifies punitive actions in Northern Mindanao

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The Fr. Frank Navarro Command (FFNC) of the NPA-Northern Mindanao Region recently explained the basis of the death penalty imposed on Mayor Lope Asis of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur on April 17 and Oscar Torralba, former mayor of La Paz town in the same province, on April 21. In separate statements sent to AB, Ka Dagohoy Bonifacio, FFNC spokesperson, cited their crimes one by one.

According to Comrade Bonifacio, Asis was guilty of serious crimes against the people of Bayugan and against the revolution. From the time he was a soldier until he became mayor, he was active in counterrevolutionary campaigns. He initiated the setting up of an intelligence network and maintained abusive elements of the CAFGU. He supported ruthless military operations, including the bombing of Bayugan.

Comrade Bonifacio added that Asis profited immensely from the illegal drugs business. He said that, in fact, Asis was a big time drug pusher not only in Bayugan but in the Caraga Region. He was also a warlord. He coddled armed goons and condoned abusive policemen in Bayugan. As mayor, Asis also stole a lot from public funds.

The FFNC also punished Oscar Torralba for the following reasons: ordering the death of Fr.Mark Estorba who exposed Torralba's illegal logging activities in 1988 in Butuan City; the massacre of the Villahermosa family in a barrio in La Paz that was targeted for landgrabbing by Torralba; and the killing of the municipal treasurer of La Paz after he divulged evidence and stood as witness against anomalies committed by Torralba in the town.

May 2001
English Edition

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