Govt warns BSKE candidates vs NPA “permits” to win post

LE October 27, 2023

Campaigning for personalities belonging to communist terrorist groups (CTGs) vying for elective positions in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) slated this coming Monday is highly discouraged, and even candidates that fall prey to the extortion scheme of “permit to campaign” and “permit to win” by the New People’s Army (NPA) will face the full force of the law, Major General Edgar Alan Okubo of the Directorate for Police Community Relations (DPCR) warned Friday (October 27, 2023). “Dito naman po sa mga kakandidato natin na maaaring ma-engage ng mga tinatawag na CTGs para sa kanilang permit to win, permit to campaign, gusto namin silang paalalahan na ang pagbibigay po ng finances para dito sa mga CTGs ay punishable po sa ating batas partikular sa Section 4 ng Republic Act 10168, o ang Anti-Terror Financing Act of 2012, o ‘yung RA 11479, o Anti-Terrorism Law of 2020,” Okubo said. “Mako-consider po kayong nagsu-support o nagpi-finance dito sa terorismo, sa mga CTGs, dahil meron po tayong regulasyon, batas o panuntunan na sila po’y mga miyembro ng terorismo, considered bilang miyembro ng terrorist organizations ng iba’t-ibang bansa,” he added. Although Okubo said the PNP “has no records of election-related plans and activities of the CTGs”, the police will not let