'CPP-NPA in disarray’

From the Visayan Daily Star (Jun 20): 'CPP-NPA in disarray’

The arrest of Benito Tiamzon and his wife, Wilma, the top two leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army, will make it easier for government forces to neutralize threats of the communist movement, Army Lt. Gen. John Bonafos said yesterday.

Bonafos, commanding general of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command, said the CPP leadership has weakened with the arrest of the Tiamzon couple in Cebu recently.

Without guidance from its top leadership, there is no movement in ground, he said and it will be easier for them to neutralize the threats.

The CPP-NPA organization is now in disarray due to weakened leadership, Bonafos also claimed.

The military said Tiamzon and Austria are the chairman and secretary general of the CPP-NPA, respectively. They are now detained at the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame.

There is still no official statement from the communist movement as to who replaced the couple, although the CPP had said that it has a deep bench of leaders.

Following the apprehension of the Tiamzon couple, Roy Erecre, who is alleged to be secretary of the Komiteng Rehiyonal Sentral Bisayas, was also arrested by the police and military in Davao.

The military claimed to have dismantled the KSRB, with majority of its members in Negros Oriental either killed or have surrendered, Bonafos said.

http://www.visayandailystar.com/2014/June/20/negor1.htm