Army ready for NPA retaliation

From the Philippine Information Agency (Jul 2): Army ready for NPA retaliation

COMPOSTELA VALLEY - - “Kung meron mang retaliation, we are very much prepared for it.” (If there is retaliation, we are very much prepared for it.)

10th Infantry Division Commander Major General Eduardo Año declared in a recent interview that the military is ready for any retaliation that will happen following their successful neutralization of Leonardo Pitao alias Kumander Parago on Sunday (June 28).

Major General Año said that they owe it the people of Davao and the Philippines to continue the keeping the peace and ensuring the safety of the populace particularly of Davao.

“Mas lalo pa naming ipagbabayuhin ang aming pagseserbisyo at pagpabantay sa kalinaw sa Davao,” Año said.

He said that Task Force Minions is a collective effort of the whole team and the community.

 “Hindi ito magbubunga kung hindi rin sa suporta ng mga tao sa Paquibato,” Año said. (This will not yield if not with the support of the people in Paquibato.)

He added that when the encounter started, information from the ground kept coming and they acted on all of it.

Gen. Año urged the rebels to surrender because he said “hindi natin titigilan yan habang hindi pa natin napupuksa ang mga teroristang armado na yan.” (we will not stop until we will destroy those armed terrorist.)

“Pwede naman silang lumaban ng walang armas. Andyan ang eleksyion, andyan ang demokrasya. Pero pag gumamit ka ng armas at dahas, hahabulin ka ng Armed Forces of the Philippines at ng Philippine National Police,” he added. (They can fight without weapons. There is the election, there is democracy. But if they will use weapons and force, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police will run after them.)

http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2871435818752/army-ready-for-npa-retaliation-