Army: Insurgency problem to end in 2019

From the Sun Star-Davao (Oct 4): Army: Insurgency problem to end in 2019

WITH the continued accomplishments gained by the armed forces in its anti-insurgency campaign, the Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Division (ID) is upbeat that the insurgency problem will end in 2019.

Division Public Affairs Office (DPAO) Chief of 10th ID Captain Jerry Lamosao said in an interview yesterday that they are fully supporting the pronouncement of the President in putting an end to decades-old communist rebellion in the country.

“We will support the statement of the President to put an end to the insurgency problem by the second quarter in 2019. We have basis because of the number of surrenderees that we have experience which is overwhelming in the area of 10th ID alone,” he said.

In their area of responsibility, they recorded 7,327 surrenderees and of this number, 437 are regular members of the New People’s Army (NPA), Militia ng Bayan (560), Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad (216), supporters (6,097) and left-leaning organization (17). This is an indicator that the strength of the reds is going down.

“We will beat the timeline,” he added.

Lamosao said troops continue to gain the support from the people in the community with reports they received on the ground should there are movement of the left in recruiting members. With these reports, they were able to take action to preempt any attempt.

He said the largest number of communist group is found in Compostela Valley.

https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1767533/Davao/Local-News/Army-Insurgency-problem-to-end-in-2019