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USELESS
FIGHT. Domingo Samuya alias "Ka Aryong" goes back to the fold of
the law after he realized that joining the New People's Army was "a senseless
journey." He takes his oath of allegiance before Prov'l Prosecutor Toribio
Quiwag and Gov. Erico Aumentado, whom he surrendered to last Friday noon. With
him are wife Vetaliana and their 17-year old daughter. | | A
high-ranking member of the Front 1 committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines
- New People's Army (CPP-NPA) and known to be in the military's order of battle
surrendered last Friday to Gov. Erico Aumentado after over 20 years in the underground
movement.
Domingo
Samuya, 49, also known as "Ka Aryong" and "Ka Boning" to his
erstwhile comrades, negotiated his surrender through San Isidro town mayor and
distant relative Roquillo Samuya who escorted the former rebel with wife, Vitaliana
and their 17-year old daughter, to the residence of Gov. Aumentado mid-day last
Friday. |
The
governor and Prov'l Prosecutor Toribio Quiwag administered his oath of allegiance
at the governor's residence.
During
an exclusive interview with the Chronicle, Samuya said he laid low from the communist
movement on September 2005 after undergoing two operations on his kidneys. | | | The
operation rendered Samuya vulnerable and at risk as his family also pressured
him to return to the fold of the law. The
rebel returnee confessed participating in negotiations to collect revolutionary
tax from businessmen during two decades as a communist "political officer".
As
a political officer, Samuya said his main function was organizing farmers and
workers groups, recruitment and propaganda, among others, which makes him a non-combatant
most of the times.
Samuya
bared that he started as an activist in the early 80's and went underground in
1985. |
According
to 302nd Brigade Commander Col. Arthur Tabaquero, who was instrumental in Samuya's
surrender, the returnee was secretary of the Front 1 party committee.
NO
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Gov.
Aumentado said "Ka Aryong" will live again as a free man having found
no criminal charges filed against him by the government and the military and for
having voluntarily surrendered.
Upon
learning that "Ka Aryong" finally decided to surrender through Mayor
Samuya, Gov. Aumentado immediately called Col. Tabaquero to remove him from the
order of battle and to ensure the returnee's safety.
The
governor hopes other members in Samuya's Front 1 will follow suit as the governor
promised to provide assistance through the creation of cooperatives with the help
of the Office of the Presidential Assistant on the Peace Process (OPAPP). |
