TABUK CITY, Kalinga: Mayor Darwin Estrañero believes the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) will not be able to recover its influence in the Cordillera region.

In his message during the launching of the Unity Gong Relay in the province, Estrañero said that development in the Cordillera is not possible without peace and stability that is why there was the 'alasiw' and the 'sipat' or the exchange of peace tokens between the government and the Cordillera People's Liberation Army (CPLA) then headed by the Fr. Conrado Balweg 37 years ago.