ILOILO City – Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairperson J. Prospero de Vera III said he will let the law take its course on the charges against his sister who is a suspected communist leader.
In a statement, de Vera, however, wished that his sister Adora Faye is safe and in good condition while in detention.
Adora Faye has long been wanted for multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder charges filed at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 22 in Iloilo City. She is also facing a separate criminal case for rebellion.
“I have not seen her and I have not spoken to her for more than 25 years since she decided to rejoin the underground movement. I do not share her views nor support her actions,” sid te CHED chairman.
Adora Faye was arrested at around 2:40 p.m. on Aug. 24 by members of the Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) in coordination with the National Capital Region Police and the Quezon City Police District in Barangay Teacher’s Village East in Quezon City.
According to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr., the suspect was also involved in the use of explosives, particularly anti-personnel mines that are banned by the Geneva Convention.
CHED’s De Vera expressed support to the efforts of the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to end the communist insurgency.
Citing the PNP’s records, Azurin said Adora Faye is a staff officer of the general command of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and secretary of the central front of the CPP’s Regional Committee Panay.
She is also the alleged wife of CPP-NPA Central Committee member Jessie Licura alias “Ren”.
The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
The NDF has been formally designated as a terrorist organization by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable part” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973. (PNA/PN)
