SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, July 20 (PIA) - - Army Brigadier General Audrey L. Pasia, the commander of the army’s 702nd Infantry Brigade, cited that the whole of nation approach of the government was instrumental in the surrender of the two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to government authorities.
On July 16, 2020, two NPA rebels identified as Rey L. Galleto, 44, and Bernardo C. Calumpit, 47, both residents of Barangay San Marcos, Alfonso Lista, Ifugao, surrendered voluntarily to the operatives of the Police Regional Mobile Force Battalion 1 (RFMB1) at Camp Brigadier General Oscar M Florendo, Parian, City of San Fernando, La Union.
The elements of the RFMB1 worked with the different field units of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the police, the La union Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) for the surrender of the two rebels.
“I would like to congratulate the joint troops of the various units of the police, the AFP, and the other government agencies for their relentless efforts encouraging the two rebels to return to the folds of the law,” said Pasia in a phone interview.
“The voluntary surrender of the two rebels is an off-shoot of the intensified implementation of the Executive Order Number 70 or the whole of nation approach to end the local communist armed conflict (ELCAC) in the countryside,” he added.
According to a police report, Galleto is a member of the Antonio Licawen Command of the NPA’s Kilusang Larangang Guerilya – Abra, Mountain Province and Ilocos Sur (KLG-AMPIS) while Calumpit is a member of Nona Del Rosario Command former KLG – Ifugao. The two NPA’s groups are under the Ilocos-Cordillera Regional Committee (ICRC).
The said NPA rebel-returnees renounced their membership from the communist group as they took their allegiance to the government. Also, they surrendered to authorities an improvised 12-gauge shotgun and one MK2 fragmentation hand grenade with a canister.
Meanwhile, the government authorities are now working on the some requirements for the provisions of livelihood assistance for the two rebel surrenderees. (JCR/FGL, PIA1)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1048028
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