Posted to Kalinaw News (Mar 29, 2021): Five Provinces as Insurgency Free, 702 Surrenders Hinder NPA’s Anniversary Celebration
CAMP CAPINPIN, Tanay, Rizal – The declaration of the Army’s 2nd Infantry Division of five provinces as ‘Insurgency Free’ and the influx of NPA surrenders in Southern Tagalog hindered the terrorist group’s 52nd Anniversary commemoration on Monday, March 29.
Per report, five provinces including Cavite on December 4, 2018; Romblon on February 21, 2019; Marinduque on March 26, 2019; Laguna on September 26, 2019; and Batangas on March 10, 2021 were declared Stable Internal Peace and Security or SIPS status after successfully complying the parameters set under the AFP’s phases of normalization, specifically on the absence of recorded NPA violent activities for at least one year.
Meanwhile, a total of 702 former NPAs have surrendered to the government since 2016 wherein around 393 have availed of the government’s reintegration program which could provide up to Php700,000 in grants and benefits while 309 are still on process.
Apart from this breakthrough, 2ID has recorded 29 NPA terrorists who have perished in legitimate encounters against the government forces and 58 terrorists have been captured in law enforcement operations since last year as part of the intensified campaign in fully eradicating the menace of insurgency in this part of the country.
BGen Rommel K Tello, Acting Commander of 2ID expressed that NPAs cannot truly earn victory against the people in Southern Tagalog and that “today, instead of celebrating, they shall only begin to accept their irrelevance to the Philippine history with 2ID’s continuous decimation of its forces in our area of responsibility.”
“The rebels are now seeing all the deceptions of the NPA; they have been coerced to join the terrorist group, they have suffered more as combatants, and they failed to receive any support from the group, completely demoralizing their ranks and allowing them to see and follow the path to a better life before they run out of time.”
Tello expressed his confidence that “with our successful local peace efforts and our intensified operational thrust, this year’s anniversary of the NPA will serve as a wake-up call for them to surrender because there is nothing to gain in joining these terrorists but a senseless death.”
The Jungle Fighter Division is currently focusing its operations on finding and finishing the remnants of the NPA in Southern Tagalog before the end of President Duterte’s term in 2022.
https://www.kalinawnews.com/five-provinces-as-insurgency-free-702-surrenders-hinder-npas-anniversary-celebration/
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