‘There are no more active guerilla fronts,’ declares AFP
MANILA, Philippines — The New People’s Army (NPA) has no more “active” guerrilla units in the country, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced on Thursday.
“There are no more active guerrilla fronts,” AFP spokesperson Colonel Medel Aguilar said during a public briefing.
Aguilar also said the communist armed movement has less than 15 ‘weakened’ guerrilla clusters remaining in the country.
A weakened guerrilla front means it can no longer implement its “programs” like recruitment and generating resources for the armed struggle as opposed to active guerrilla fronts, according to Aguilar.
Article continues after this advertisementThe government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines had started exploratory talks to address the root of the communist insurgency.
The government also granted amnesty to eligible former NPA rebels.
Established on March 29, 1969, NPA is waging the longest-running Maoist insurgency in the world.