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Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict RTF-ELCAC-9 Chairman and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency NICA-9 Regional Director Ariel Perlado believed that Indigenous People IPs is a vulnerable sector that tops the recruitment of New Peoples Army Communist Party of the Philippines NPA-CPP in the region.During the Inter-Agency Visitation to the Subanen Cultural CommunitiesIndigenous People in Zamboanga Peninsula RTF-ELCAC line government agencies assured to continuously advocate empowerment to the IP communities. Empowering these IP communities would serve very vital to the campaign of NTF-70 since most affected individuals that have become victims of wrong ideologies of communists are reportedly from their communities.More than 95 percent of those recruited by the NPAs are from the ranks of IPs More 95 of the IP communities are being recruited by the NPA revealed by RTF Chairman Perlado.Director Perlado was thankful to the Executive Director of the National Task Force ELCAC Sec. Allen A. Capuyan for personally visiting the Subanen tribe in the entire region and took time to listen to the issues and concerns raised by the IP leaders or Timuay pertaining to their ancestral domains and human rights as well as to counteract terrorism.The purpose of Sec.Capuyans tour of the IP communities is to provide information to IPs about their rights so that they will not be deceived scolded and deceived by the terrorist NPA. The purpose of Sec. Capuyans visit to the IP communities is to inform the IPs of their rights so that they will not be fooled and deceived by the terrorist NPA.Meanwhile the government line agencies continue to work on engaging the grassroots by introducing the NTF-70 campaign in the IP communities to proactively end terrorism as well as to let them know of the government programs they could avail rightfully avail under Republic Act 8371 known as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997.In a matter of less than 2 years through the whole-of-nation approach we are persistently responding to the livelihood education ancestral domain claims barangay isolation among other concerns of the IPs Perlado added.Also the Director described the campaign on NTF-70 as good governance presented by Sec. Capuyan. it is a breakthrough and a very good development in Zamboanga Peninsula and this momentum should be sustained to end insurgency in the region. RVCJRAPIA-Zamboanga City
