MANILA, Philippines – Nabawasan mula sa pito, ay naging apat na lamang ang active guerrilla fronts ng New People’s Army (NPA), sinabi ni military chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. nitong Biyernes, Nobyembre 8.
“About three months ago, we reported that there were seven remaining weakened guerrilla fronts. Now, there are only four. And we are expecting that by the end of the year, we will have finished all the guerrilla fronts. We will have reduced them to zero,” ani Brawner.
Aniya, ang nalalabing apat na nalalabing guerilla fronts ay may ‘less than 2,000 fighters’ na nag-ooperate sa Northern Luzon, Southern Luzon at Visayas.
Aniya, sa briefing ng Palasyo, ang bilang ng NPA fighters ay nasa 1,111 na lamang mula sa 2,200 noong nakaraang taon.
Layon ng AFP na mapahina ang apat na natitirang fronts sa pagtatapos ng taon.
“So that is a big reduction in their manpower. And in terms of firearms, there is a similar reduction: about 1,000 firearms have been reduced,” ani Brawner.
Ang pahayag ni Brawner ay kasunod ng pagkakaaresto ng mga awtoridad kay Wigberto “Baylon” Villarico, acting chair ng Communist Party of the Philippines, at dalawa iba ang opisyal ng organisasyon.
Nitong Biyernes, sinabi ni Leah Tanodra-Armamento ng National Amnesty Commission (NAC) na mag-iisyu sila ng “safe conduct pass” sa amnesty applicants na may arrest warrants.
“The President approved our request that the NAC be given the authority to issue safe conduct pass because our applicants, most of them have warrants of arrest and they cannot go to our offices to file their applications,” ayon kay Tanodra-Armamento.
“So our game plan is to go to them, but sometimes we cannot access them because they are in the mountains, they are in hiding,” dagdag niya.
Sinabi naman ni Presidential peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. na 831 dating rebelde ang naghain ng kanilang aplikasyon para sa amnesty hanggang noong Setyembre.
Mayroong hanggang Marso 14, 2026 ang mga rebelde para magpasa ng kanilang aplikasyon sa ilalim ng amnesty program ng pamahalaan. RNT/JGC
