DFA warns groups financing CPP-NPA, other ATC-listed terrorists

By Joyce Ann L. Rocamora

MANILA – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) warned any organization or groups extending financial support either "directly or indirectly" to terrorist groups listed in Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) resolutions.

In a public advisory dated Feb. 16 and published Feb. 18, the agency said under ATC Resolutions 12 and 13, issued pursuant to Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, the following are designated as terrorist organizations: Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army (CPP-NPA); and Islamic State East Asia, Maute Group, Dawlah Islamiya, and other associated groups.

"Any financial support that is directly or indirectly extended to these groups by any organization, association, group of persons or individuals shall be dealt with in accordance with existing laws and regulations," DFA warned.

Citing the two ATC resolutions, the DFA noted that assets of the groups shall also be "subject to investigation and/or freezing by the Anti-Money Laundering Council".

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines. (PNA)