CAMP ELIAS ANGELES, Pili, Cam.Sur, Dec. 23 (PIA) – On the eve of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) 85th Founding Anniversary, 14 members of the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG), laid down their arms and expressed their intent to return to the folds of the law.
Photo credits: Division Public Affairs Office (DPAO), 9th Infantry Division, PA
In a press statement, CPT John Paul Belleza, Division Public Affairs Office (DPAO) Spokesperson, said that leaders and members of CTG who surrendered were presented to the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) committee in a simple but meaningful ceremony held at Sorsogon Police Provincial Office, Sorsogon City, Monday, December 21.
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Photo from PRO-Eastern Visayas December 19, 2020 BRIGADIER General Ronaldo De Jesus expressed confidence that their “continuous conduct of community engagement and information operation” has resulted in the surrender of Alias “Arman,” who was identified as a former member of the New People’s Army in Capoocan, Leyte.
“Our sustained persuasion effort is now finally reaping positive results,” said the director of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-Eastern Visayas.
PRO-Eastern Visayas presented “Arman” to the public on Thursday, December 17, 2020.
It said the former rebel had surrendered on December 10, 2020, before the joint operatives of Leyte Police Provincial Office-Provincial Intelligence Unit, 2nd Leyte Provincial Mobile Force Company and the 121st Special Action Company, in coordination with the Philippine Army’s 93rd Infantry Battalion and 802nd Infantry Brigade.
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A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on YouTube, Facebook and various blogs alongside a claim it shows a breaking news report that aired on December 13, 2020 about 10,000 rebels of the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, surrendering to the Philippine Army. However, the claim is misleading: the video actually shows a section of a speech by President Rodrigo Duterte to “former rebels” in January 2020. The Philippine Armed Forces also told AFP that a total “7,615 fighters, militias, propagandists, and underground organization members” surrendered to the military in 2020.
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