NSC condemns CPP-NPA-NDF terror group, number one violator of IHL

LE August 15, 2023

National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Eduardo Año has condemned terror group Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) for being the number one violator of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL).

“The CPP-NPA-NDF is the number one violator of the IHL in our country. Committing crimes against IHL such as civilian executions, assassinations, ambuscades, bombings, use of anti-personnel landmines, among others, that has resulted not only the deaths of government forces but civilians,” said Año in a statement read to reporters by NSC Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya during Monday’s (August 14, 2023) virtual press conference hosted by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).