On Thursday, a group calling itself the Federal Tribal Government of the Philippines (FTGP) and claiming to represent the Lumad here has joined the call for the government to allow the Kapa to reopen.
Mangcal, FTGP provincial tribal chieftain of Blaan Tribe in Davao del Sur, asked the government to dismiss all the cases against Kapa because Kapa had been 'helping the poor, including the Lumad.'