CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga( PIA)– The Kalinga State University(KSU) voluntarily pulled out from its library the handbooks by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) andsurrendered them to the joint forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police.
As decided by the University Board of Regents, KSU-Bulanao Campus through the Director for Library Services withdrew last September 2 all the NDFP book collections forwarded to the school library.
The collections included CARHRIL English Filipino; CARHRIL English Hiligaynon; CARHRIL English Visaya; Declaration of Understanding; NDFP Declaration and Program of Action for the Rights, Protection, and Welfare of Children; The GRP, NDFP Peace Negotiations major arguments and joint statements September 1, 1980 – June 2018; The GRP-NDFP Peace Negotiations Major Written Agreements and Outstanding Issues; NDF Adherence to International Humanitarian Law; letters to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN Secretary General; NDFP Adherence to International Humanitarian Law: on Prisoners of War (POWs); Two articles on the peoples struggles for just peace; and The NDFP Reciprocal Worrying Committee (RWC) Perspective on Social & Economics Reforms.
The decision of KSU to remove said books from its library was prompted by the declaration of the Government of the Philippines through the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) in May 2021 that the NDFP is a terrorist organization. The CPP-NPA was earlier declared by the ATC as a terror group through Resolution No. 20.
It is known that the NDFP or the Pambansang Demokratikong Prente ng Pilipinas is a coalition of revolutionary social and economic justice organizations, agricultural unions, trade unions, indigenous rights groups, leftist political parties, and other related groups in the Philippines.**PAB-PIA CAR, Kalinga
