The 10th Infantry Division on Friday strongly denied reports
claiming that its 25th, 71st and 66th Infantry Battalions are blocking food
supplies and hamletting communities in Compostela Valley
"These unfounded and malicious allegations of the
National Democratic Front (NDF)-allied organizations are designed to distract
our units and soldiers who are conducting Peace and Development Outreach
Program (PDOP)," 10th Infantry Division public affairs office chief Capt.
Rhyan Batchar said.
PDOP aims to bring the people closer to government and
assist in facilitating the government’s delivery of basic needs and services to
communities in far flung areas of Compostela
Valley
Such programs are against the efforts of the New People's
Army to drive the people further away from government by agitating them into
resorting to violence, he added.
"The 10th Infantry Division and all its units are open
to investigation by any duly constituted authorities. We will support and fully
cooperate in any investigation to ferret out misfits, scalawags and misbehaving
member of the military organization," Batchar said.
"We, therefore, encourage these NDF-allied groups to
file appropriate charges against officers and soldiers of units responsible for
committing the said allegations. We urge them to go beyond mere propaganda
aimed at only besmirching the good image of our soldiers," he added.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=913020
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