Palace denounces NPA recruitment of child warriors

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Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea cited the “serious threat” to government efforts “all forms of end abuse, cruelty, exploitation” of children. | NCorralesINQ

He lamented that, while some of them have been rescued by government forces, some were not as fortunate as ending up as casualties in armed encounters where “they were ordered to participate by their abusers.”

Medialdea also hailed the closure of 55 salugpungan schools in Mindanao, which he said were found to be training grounds for the raising of child warriors.” He vowed that the Duterte administration would continue to pursue a “much better future for the Filipino children and youth,” a progressive program under which they could “thrive and develop their full human potentials.”

The Commission on Human Rights has launched an investigation into the recruitment issue. It also deplored the alleged use by the NPA of a minor who was killed in an encounter with government forces last week.

 

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