links: http://www.afp.mil.ph/index.php/8-afp-news/653-afp-chief-vouches-for-national-task-force-vs-insurgency
CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City--
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benjamin
Madrigal Jr looks forward to the operationalization of the Executive
Order No. 70 or the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed
Conflict in 2019.
In an interview Wednesday, January 2,
Lt. Gen. Madrigal stressed the need for all government agencies - both
national and local government units - to come together to totally
eradicate the root causes of conflict and violence.
In 2018, consolidated data from ground
units of the AFP indicate a total of 12,017 CPP-NPA members and
supporters have been neutralized.
The figure includes 130 that were killed and 264 that were apprehended in legitimate security and law enforcement operations.
A total of 11,623 have also surrendered
including 1,227 regular NPA fighters. AFP units also confiscated 1,920
assorted firearms and seized 316 enemy encampments.
Madrigal added that a series of meetings
and plannings is on-going to operationalize E.O. Nr 70 and create a
National Peace Framework anchored on the Whole-of-Nation approach
institutionalized as a national policy.
"Aside from focusing on our enemies, we
also have to look at our people and communities through a
people-centered strategy to make our communities resilient from
communist recruitment, propaganda, and exploitation," Lt. Gen. Madrigal
said.
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