Thursday, November 7, 2019

AFP-CRS: 266 CPP-NPA rejectionists finish training as community defenders

Posted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Civil Relations Service (AFP-CRS) Facebook Page (Nov 7, 2019): 266 CPP-NPA rejectionists finish training as community defenders


266 CPP-NPA rejectionists finish training as community defenders

Local peace engagements under the Duterte administration’s whole-of-nation approach are gaining traction as revolutionary organizations are giving up armed struggle and returning to the folds of the law.

This, as 266 members of the Rebolusyonaryong Partidong Manggagawa ng Pilipinas/ Revolutionary Proletarian Army/ Alex Boncayao Brigade- Tabara Paduano Group (RPM-P/RPA/ABB-TPG), a rejectionist group of the Communist Party of Philippines and New People's Army (CPP-NPA), completed their 45-day Community Defense Unit (CDU) training in preparation for their deployment to their respective communities in Negros and Panay Islands.


During the graduation rites of the CDU Class 01-2019 at the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Spearhead Division of the Philippine Army here on Tuesday (Nov. 5), Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez, Jr., called on the communist insurgents to follow the example of the RPM-P/RPA/ABB-TPG now known as KAPATIRAN.

Read more: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1085277…

[The Civil Relations Service (CRS) is the unit of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that engages the public through its public information and community relations programs “to create a favorable atmosphere between the community and the AFP. The CRS is the equivalent of the Psychological Operations and Civil Affairs units of the US Army.]

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