As the New People's Army (NPA) celebrated its 46th founding anniversary Sunday, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Joselito Kakilala said that the number of the rebel force is now on the decline as the development projects of the government are now gaining momentum in the countryside.
"We can foresee their downfall as long as development
will come in and we will have economic growth and prosperity to every Filipino.
In the years to come, the NPA will be irrelevant as foreseen by the Internal
Peace and Security Program 'Bayanihan' strategy," he added.
The latter is the initiative wherein the military aims to
beat the rebels by developing depressed countryside communities in a bid to
remove a mass base for the NPAs.
As of this posting, the rebel strength all over the country
is placed at 4,000.
Kakilala also said that "Bayanihan" is greatly
aided by ongoing AFP efforts to hunt, track down, and capture or neutralize
known leaders and supporters of the rebel group.
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