Following the arrest of two rebel leaders in southern
Maj. Rey Tiongson, 3 rd Infantry Division spokesman, yesterday said the two rebel leaders, identified as Elizalde Martisano, with aliases of Ka Nonoy and Bong, and a certain Ka Daisy, also surrendered an M-16 assault rifle with a magazine containing 18 rounds of ammunition, and three 12 gauge shotguns with 23 ammunition.
Tiongson said Martisano, 39, is a squad leader and political instructor of the Sentro De Grabidad Platoon of the NPA South West Front, while Ka Daisy, 35, served as the party branch secretary of the same rebel unit.
The commanding officer of the Sentro De Grabidad Platoon, Reniel Cellon, alias Kumpol, his wife, Mary Jane Magquilat, alias Ka Chin Chin, and four others, were intercepted and arrested at a Comelec checkpoint on April 8 in Brgy. Dancalan, Ilog.
Police records show the arrest of six suspected rebels yielded a .45 caliber pistol, a .22 caliber pistol, a fragmentation grenade and hundreds of live ammunition for various firearms.
Eighty-eight former rebels have surrendered to the different field units of the 303 rd Infantry Brigade since 2010, of which 15 of them recently availed of livelihood and financial assistance from the provincial government of Negros Occidental.
This is a clear indication of the NPA diminishing mass base support, as rebel returnees confessed of hardships they have been experienced with the armed group, Tiongson said.
He also said Martisano and Ka Daisy also realized the futility of armed struggle.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2013/April/13/topstory4.htm
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