Manila Bulletin
Pialago chides youth solon's 'damage control' try over footballer Absalon's death
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago challenged Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Elago to urge the New People's Army (NPA) to surrender instead of echoing Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) chief Jose Maria Sison's calls for peace talks.
Pialago, also the spokesperson for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on public affairs and youth concerns, dismissed Elago's calls for resuming peace talks as a mere "smokescreen" and "damage control."
The NTF-ELCAC official's statement came after the death of Kieth Absalon, 21, and his cousin Nolven, 40, in an anti-personnel mine attack by the NPA in Masbate.
The NPA has claimed responsibility for the attack, although other reports suggest the Absalon cousins were shot at close range after the mine explosion.
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The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) strongly criticized Kabataan Party-list Representative Sara Elago for her call to resume peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF, citing the recent death of Keith Absalon.
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PNP chief Police General Guillermo Eleazar has criticized the CPP-NPA for their failure to surrender the perpetrators of a landmine attack in Masbate that resulted in the deaths of Kieth Absalon and his cousin.
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