YIELDED GUNS. Government troops account guns turned over by former Revolutionary Proletarian Army–Alex Boncayao Brigade rebels. Brig. Gen. Rene Pamuspusan, PRO-6 director, said the surrender of the rebels has a "huge impact" on the government's anti-insurgency campaign. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Army's 3ID)
ILOILO CITY -- The Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) on Wednesday said the surrender of the 310 former Revolutionary Proletarian Army–Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) rebels had a "huge impact" on the government’s anti-insurgency campaign.
Brig. Gen. Rene Pamuspusan, PRO-6 regional director, said ex-rebels returning into the fold of the law proved that communist insurgency has no future.
“For the surrender of the insurgents, and finally realizing that there is no future for them in the insurgency, I think this is a good message to those who are still trying to maintain or continue fighting the government that they don’t have any future being part of the communist insurgency,” Pamuspusan said in a press conference at Camp Delgado here.
The former rebels also surrendered their long and short firearms, assorted explosives, and rounds of ammunition.
“We have collected around 274 firearms. Getting the 274 out of the mountains (that were used) against us, that is a very positive thing for us,” he said.
President Rodrigo R. Duterte is expected to lead the former rebels' formal decommissioning on Thursday at the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division’s (3ID) headquarters in Camp Peralta, Jamindan, Capiz.
The former rebels, who will undergo at least two months of training under the Philippine Army, will join the Special Civilian Active Auxiliary members.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1080867
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