DAVAO CITY – Dinalaw mismo ni Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ang burol ng napatay na commander ng New People’s Army na si Leoncio Pitao bilang huling respeto sa kaibigan nito.
Inamin ni Duterte, nA siya rin chairman ng Regional Peace and Order Council, na kaibigan nito si Pitao, na mas kilala sa alias na Ka Parago. Napaslang si Pitao at ang medical aide nito kamakailan lamang sa Paquibato District sa Davao City na kung saan nakaburol ngayon sa Cosmopolitan Funeral Parlor ang binansagang “Robin Hood” ng mga maralita doon.
Ayon kay Duterte, si Pitao – na siyang pinuno ng Pulang Bagani Command – ang madalas na tumatawag sa kanya sa tuwing may palalayain bihag na sundalo ang NPA.
Hindi naman agad mabatid kung magkanong halaga ang iniwan o ibibigay na abuloy ni Duterte sa pamilya ni Pitao. Ang anak ni Pitao na si Ka Ryan ang posibleng humawak sa naiwang puwesto ng ama.
Naki-dalamhati rin ang buong puwersa ng NPA sa pagpanaw ni Pitao at ng kasamahang si Kyle Hermosa na umano’y pinatay ng mga sundalo ng walang kalaban-laban.
“Ka Parago was being treated for his diabetes, hyperthyroidism and hepatitis when the raiding team composed of the 6th Scout Ranger Company, 2nd Scout Ranger Battalion under the 1st Scout Ranger Regiment peppered him with bullets. Ka Kyle or Vanessa Limpag who was nursing Ka Parago had already raised her arms, shouting that she was a medic, when she too was razed to the ground by the military. She died instantly,” ani Rigoberto Sanchez, ang tagapagsalita ng NPA, sa ipinadala nitong pahayag sa Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper.
“The people in Southern Mindanao remember him as their most beloved son who was always at their side, ready to help them solve their problems- -so unlike the AFP generals who do nothing but attack and burden the people.”
“Truly he lives in the hearts of the people as we honor his death. Thousands of young revolutionaries who have been inspired by this great guerrilla warrior now follow in his footsteps. The masses and the comrades grieve his death, yes, but they turn his grief to greater revolutionary fervor as the people’s war goes on,” dagdag pa ni Sanchez. (Mindanao Examiner)
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