"As a revolutionary youth leader, Ka Roger joined the New People's Army, became one of the pioneers of the armed peasant movement in the Southern Tagalog and Bicol regions in the 1970s and contributed his skills in education and propaganda to mobilize the peasant masses in their struggle against feudal oppression and exploitation," said the CPP.
"Bilang isang rebolusyonaryong lider kabataan, sumapi si Ka Roger sa Bagong Hukbong Bayan, naging isa sa mga pasimuno ng armadong kilusang magsasaka sa Southern Tagalog at Bicol noong dekada 1970 at nag-ambag ng kanyang kasanayan sa edukasyon at propaganda upang pakilusin ang masang magsasaka sa pakikibaka laban sa pyudal na pang-aapi at pagsasamantala," anang PKP.