Biography of macli ing dulag.
Conrado Balweg
Filipino priest and rebel
Conrado Balweg (December 29, 1942 – December 31, 1999) was a former FilipinoCatholic priest and rebel who was the founder of the Cordillera People's Liberation Army, a militant group which advocated autonomy for the Cordillera region in the Philippines.
Npa meaning
He was also known by the nom-de-guerreKa Ambo.[2]
Career
Balweg, a member of the Itneg or Tinguian people's of Abra, was ordained a priest of the Society of the Divine Word congregation by Pope Paul VI in 1970 during the latter's pastoral visit to Manila.
He joined the New People's Army in 1979 in light of abuses against the Itneg people by the Marcos administration, which wanted to promote the interests of the Cellophil Resources Corporation.[3] He was also inspired by the heroism of tribal leader Macli-ing Dulag who was killed at around that time.
Dulag had opposed the Chico River Dam Project, a plan of the government to build a hydroelectric dam in the Co