Marcos: No active NPA guerrilla fronts as of December 2023

Marcos: No active NPA guerrilla fronts as of December 2023

By: - Reporter / @luisacabatoINQ
/ 04:53 PM January 13, 2024

MANILA, Philippines — There are zero active New People’s Army (NPA) guerrilla fronts as of December 2023, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Saturday.

He made this statement in a video posted on the Presidential Communications Office’s Facebook account.

“Last year, nakapag-neutralize tayo ng 1,399 members of communists and local terrorist groups. Nakakuha tayo ng 1,751 na firearms o baril through capture, confiscation, and recovery and sa mga surrender,” Marcos said.

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(Last year, we were able to neutralize 1,399 members of communist and local terrorist groups. We obtained 1,751 firearms or guns through capture, confiscation, recovery, and surrenders.)

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“Ngayon maaari na nating mai-report na wala ng active NPA guerrilla front as of December of 2023,” the President noted.

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(Now we can report that there is no active NPA guerrilla front as of December 2023.)

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He also commended the “good performance” of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police.

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“Maganda naman ang performance ng ating AFP. Maganda naman ang performance ng ating mga pulis,” Marcos said.

(The performance of our AFP and our police is good.)

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He likewise praised the coordination between Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and intelligence agencies, which, according to the President, facilitated the government’s successful campaign against internal terrorism.

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