Close military, police cooperation one of strategies to be applied vs NPA threat

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 9): Close military, police cooperation one of strategies to be applied vs NPA threat

Close military and police cooperation is one of the strategies which will be employed by Duterte administration in defeating the New People's Army (NPA) insurgency threat.

This was stressed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo Año during the sidelights of the Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Council (JPSCC) meeting held in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City Thursday.

"In our meeting this morning we strengthened the mechanism of the JPSCC particularly the creation of joint cells at the different levels, so in our planning and actions, the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the AFP, will be always together, down to the provincial level," he said in Filipino.

Also given emphasis in the JPSCC meeting is that the AFP and PNP will intensify its operations to fight and defeat the NPA decisively.

"In view of the lifting of the unilateral ceasefire and the cancellation of the talks, we will intensity our operations together the PNP and the AFP to fight the NPA to defeat the armed group and put back into jail all those high ranking personalities (earlier released to help in the peace negotiations)," he added.

And at the moment, the AFP chief said there is no need for the deployment of additional troops in NPA hotspots in Northern and Eastern Mindanao as the military has enough forces in these areas.

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