The AFP, together with PNP, aims to run after 'private arms group' to maintain peace and order in the coming 2016 national elections.
Chief-of-staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the military, in cooperation with the Philippine National Police (PNP), vowed to neutralize the so-called “private armed groups” (PAGS) to secure peace and order in the 2016 national elections.
"And come election day, we will run after the PAGS, the
private armed groups in coordination with the PNP. We will not hesitate, if we know
where the firearms are kept, we will inform the Philippine National Police and
we will ask them to issue through the judges a search warrant and we will run
after them," Catapang said.
Catapang said their planned operation with police
counterparts is the only way to ensure peace in the coming elections.
Catapang said bearing of arms is a privilege that should be
given to duly constituted armed services only.
The chief-of-staff also said the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is
currently in check in Basilan and Sulu since there is an ongoing government law
enforcement operation against them.
On May 14, ASG bandits were forced to release their teacher
captive due to current law enforcement operations.
Based on the report, the victim identified by Joint Task
Group Sulu head Col. Alan Arrojado as Reynadeth Bagonoc-Silvano, was released
by the ASG around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday.
Bagonoc-Silvano, 31, is married and a school teacher. She
was immediately brought to the task group headquarters for debriefing and
medical check-up but her 22-year-old brother Russel, was left with the bandits.
The victims were snatched by suspected ASG men on their way
to Tuburan Elementary School
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2015/05/18/1456102/afp-go-after-private-armed-groups
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