Over 20K rebels abandoned CPP-NPA-NDF since 2016: NTF-ELCAC
ABANDONING NPA. The 186 supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) during a mass surrender in Carigara, Leyte on Nov. 26, 2021. These surrenderers are from the town's 10 villages. (PNA file photo) MANILA - Over 20,000 people linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) have surrendered and abandoned the local armed struggle through the effective whole-of-nation approach of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). During the virtual press briefing of the NTF-ELCAC on Monday, Defense Unders...
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