AFP's Gapay orders dismantling of all NPA ‘guerrilla fronts’ in 2021 By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO, GMA News Published January 16, 2021 7:33pm Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Gilbert Gapay ordered the dismantling of all remaining New People’s Army guerilla fronts by the end of 2021 given that the communist insurgents were “weakened.” “I noticed a lot of these New People's Army units have been weakened so this is our target for all the Unified Commands," Gapay said in a statement. According to the AFP, commanders were allowed to set their priority targets along with their task to hasten the clearing of identified focus areas.