CIBAC Party-List solons Deputy Speaker Bro. Eddie Villanueva and Domeng Rivera lambasted National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Spokesperson Lt. General Antonio Parlade on his statement last night likening Patricia Non, organizer of community pantry in Maginhawa, Quezon City, to Satan (the Devil).
In a TV interview last night, General Parlade said that the action of Patricia Non in organizing the Maginhawa community pantry, can be likened to the Devil’s offer of an apple to Eve which started the fall of man. According to Parlade, the community pantry may start the fall of people into the recruitment of communists in the country.
“The statement of the NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson is very intolerable and is already bordering to insanity! I do not know how calloused their hearts are to be able not to feel the struggle of Filipinos amidst these trying times. Imbesnamagingkabalikat, mas lalo pa silangnagigingpabigatsaatingmamamayan. Angdapatpagtuunan ng pansin ng gobyerno ay bakuna at ayuda, nangangamatay at nagugutomangmgatao.” exclaims Deputy Speaker Villanueva.
“I am disturbed that NTF-ELCAC is thinking this way even in the midst of a pandemic where bayanihan must be given due course. This puts into question if NTF-ELCAC is capable of rightly using the billions of funds appropriated to it. Dapatitongsilipin ng Kongreso, bakamasayanglangangpondo,” adds the CIBAC lawmaker.
“Angpagsibol ng community pantries ay nagsisilbing eye-opener nahindisapatangprogramangayuda ng pamahalaanupangmatugunanangpangangailangan ng mahigit 100 milyongpopulasyon ng atingbansa. Therefore, we call on the government to support and channel funds to this initiative. The inspiration, as well as the multiplier effect brought about by the community pantry concept, vividly exemplifies the Filipino bayanihan spirit and resiliency. Higitsalahat, sakasalukuyanglumalalangpaghihirap ng taongbayan, sabayannatinanglahat ng aksyon ng pananalanginsabuhaynaDiyos, upangang nationwide Bayanihan spirit ay manatili at mas mag-alab pa salahat ng Pilipino.” further adds the CIBAC lawmaker.
On his part, CIBAC Rep. Domeng Rivera says that NTF-ELCAC seems going overboard and already “overkill” on its job.
“Sobrangwalasatono, walasalugarangginagawa ng NTF-ELCAC sa organizers ng community pantry. Baka mas lalolanglumayosagobyernoangloob ng sambayanang Pilipino. Hindi niladapati-underestimate angkakayanan ng mga Pilipino na mag-isip ng tama kung angpangagailangannaman ay natutugunan,” says CIBAC Rep. Rivera.
