Malacanang on Wednesday stressed the government’s stance to end the threat posed by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) after the release of a video online showing how the bandits beheaded Canadian John Ridsdel on April 25, 2016.
The video shows Ridsdel, 68, a former mining executive who
was abducted with three others in a resort in Samal Island
The bandits also issued new set of demand for the release of
the other three victims namely Canadian Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan
Sekkingstad, and Filipina Marithes Flor.
In a statement, Presidential Communications Operations
Office (PCOO) Secretary Hermino Coloma Jr. reiterated President Benigno Aquino
III’s statement on the issue.
The President, in a statement last week said: “The full
resources of the State are being brought down on the ASG.”
“Our primary objective is to rescue the hostages and ensure
the safety of our civilian population…,” he said.
The Chief Executive stressed that the government has “always
believed in the power of dialogue, development, and positive engagement over
arms.”
“But we will always act from a position of strength. So, to
the ASG, and whoever may aid or abet them, you have chosen only the language of
force, and we will speak to you only in that language,” he said.
“We will not stop until the threat they pose to our
communities is ended,” he added.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=882328
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