From the Philippine Information Agency (Sep 30, 2020): Bohol police chief clarifies statement on insurgency-free status (By Rey Anthony H. Chiu)
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Sept. 29 (PIA) -- “Not categorical.” This was what Bohol Police Provincial Director Police Sr. Supt. Joselito Clarito said when asked about the reported statement of the regional police commander that Bohol may lose its insurgency-free status.
PATROLLING THE PEACE. After Bohol has attained insugency free-status in 2010, the 47th Infantry Battalion has kept the peace in Bohol by winning the support of barangay after barangay, and retrieving rebel hotbeds through its social and civil reforms introduced with the Purok Power Movement Countryside Development Program. (PIA Bohol file photo)
It was reported that Police Regional Director Brigadier Gen. Albert Ignatious Ferro allegedly pointed out his observation on the rise of the activities of the communist-terrorists groups (CTGs) which could end up with Bohol losing its insurgency-free status.
Speaking during a command conference with Bohol Provincial Police Command at Camp Francisco Dagohoy on Sept. 15, Ferro raised the resurgence of CTG activities in the past three years.
He cited the reported presence of armed men in several areas and occasions, the discovery of training jungle camps, the sporadic encounters between the CTGs and the police and government troops, and the alleged liquidation of barangay officials based on information from captured CTG members.
Recently, a bloody encounter between the Philippine Army and the CTGs in the hinterlands of Bohol left two dead - one on each side.
Succeeding mopping operations also caught up with a common criminal who joined the insurgents, purportedly to escape from criminal prosecution in the courts.
During the recent joint Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council Meeting (PADAC) Meeting, Gov. Arthur Yap raised the issue and sought clarification on the police regional director's statement.
On this, Clarito, who was also in the conference, said the statement of the regional director was not categorical, and that Ferro did not even mention Bohol as threatened.
On his part, Yap cited the score the government had in the number of former CTGs who surrendered to the government.
“Are we really in danger of the activities of the left?” the governor asked as he sought clarification on the meaning of insurgency-free. “Yes, they are here, but what is important is that we are doing something,” the governor stressed to the members of the council, which included the police and military commanders in Bohol.
“Let us not hide in the levels," the governor urged, hinting that the insurgency-free status does not really mean there are no more insurgents, but that they are no long any forces capable of paralyzing government.
Although the governor admits the CTGs are still a nuisance, he pointed out that they have been reduced that they could no longer affect the current situation and current affairs.
He insisted that being insurgency-free should take into consideration whether the CTGs can still mount a force enough to neutralize the operations of government. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol).
Speaking during a command conference with Bohol Provincial Police Command at Camp Francisco Dagohoy on Sept. 15, Ferro raised the resurgence of CTG activities in the past three years.
He cited the reported presence of armed men in several areas and occasions, the discovery of training jungle camps, the sporadic encounters between the CTGs and the police and government troops, and the alleged liquidation of barangay officials based on information from captured CTG members.
Recently, a bloody encounter between the Philippine Army and the CTGs in the hinterlands of Bohol left two dead - one on each side.
Succeeding mopping operations also caught up with a common criminal who joined the insurgents, purportedly to escape from criminal prosecution in the courts.
During the recent joint Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council Meeting (PADAC) Meeting, Gov. Arthur Yap raised the issue and sought clarification on the police regional director's statement.
On this, Clarito, who was also in the conference, said the statement of the regional director was not categorical, and that Ferro did not even mention Bohol as threatened.
On his part, Yap cited the score the government had in the number of former CTGs who surrendered to the government.
“Are we really in danger of the activities of the left?” the governor asked as he sought clarification on the meaning of insurgency-free. “Yes, they are here, but what is important is that we are doing something,” the governor stressed to the members of the council, which included the police and military commanders in Bohol.
“Let us not hide in the levels," the governor urged, hinting that the insurgency-free status does not really mean there are no more insurgents, but that they are no long any forces capable of paralyzing government.
Although the governor admits the CTGs are still a nuisance, he pointed out that they have been reduced that they could no longer affect the current situation and current affairs.
He insisted that being insurgency-free should take into consideration whether the CTGs can still mount a force enough to neutralize the operations of government. (rahc/PIA-7/Bohol).
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1054710
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