The Armed Forces of the
This was stressed by AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto
Padilla.
"The CSAFP (Chief-of-Staff AFP, Gen. Hernando DCA
Iriberri) during his visit to the WMC (Western Mindanao Command in Zamboanga City
Padilla pointed out the rationale behind the measure, noting
that activities of kidnapping groups will persist if they continue to acquire
ransom money from their victims.
"If we are to end kidnapping-for-ransom (KFR)
activities, we must deny these groups from achieving or getting their primary
motive. The AFP will take strong action to discourage and will report monitored
incidents of negotiations," the military official stressed.
Regarding the identity of the kidnappers of the Indonesian
sailors, Padilla said they are still to establish this with certainty.
However, Padilla said that the kidnapping of the Indonesians over the weekend could have been conducted by groups sympathetic to the ASG bandits as the latter have been hard hit by government security forces in Basilan and Jolo for the past weeks.
"We see that the mounting pressure on the targeted
groups in these areas may have compelled some of their sympathetic allies to
initiate diversionary tactics to ease the pressure on their besieged forces.
This may indicate that our forces are correctly pursuing core groups holding
key hostages held by these KFR (kidnap-for-ransom) groups," he added.
Despite this, focused military operations will continue
against the bandit group.
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