The military's Internal Peace and Security Program (IPSP)
"Bayanihan" is proving very successful in curbing down the New
People's Army (NPA) threat.
This was stressed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
chief-of-staff Gen. Hernando DCA Iriberri in Friday's command conference where
operational commanders presented their assessments on the NPA threat.
"There’s no doubt that IPSP 'Bayanihan' has continued
to show success in paving the way for the accomplishment, aim to attain peace.
This has been made possible because of the support of (the) people," he
added.
Due to the effectiveness of IPSP "Bayanihan,"
Iriberri said 64 provinces, in 2015, were declared peaceful and ready for
further development.
He added that this only leaves 12 provinces where pockets of
NPA bands are still operating, albeit heavily pursued, by government forces.
"That is our goal, that this year we will be able to
declare the remaining 12 provinces (in the Davao
In the same vein, Iriberri said the AFP has cleared and
dismantled 13 guerilla fronts nationwide and cleared 292 barangays of rebel
presence.
"We have reduced NPA strength from 4,443 yearend of
2014, what we have now is only remaining NPA strength 3,926 (for 2015). We also
neutralized, captured, arrested 31 top (rebel) personalities," he pointed
out.
"So basically, generally, we have really made great
strides in the implementation of IPSP 'Bayanihan'," he added.
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