The Army here criticized the New People’s Army over the mutilation of soldiers who died in gun battle last week in Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province.
Lt. General Rey Leonardo Guerrero of the Eastern Mindanao Command said they are now coordinating with the Philippine National Police to include the anti-drug campaign Oplan Tokhang in their village immersions.
President Rodrigo Duterte has set another deadline for the Communist Party of the Philippines, this time to reciprocate the unilateral ceasefire he declared during his first State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25.
President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that he will not pull out military troops from the rural communities even with his declaration of a unilateral ceasefire.
The New People’s Army said the Army has “twisted” the facts it presented to President Rodrigo Duterte and claimed that it was the government troops who violated the unilateral ceasefire declared by the President.
The Army’s 10th Infantry Division announced that their military camps are not yet prepared to be used as rehabilitation facilities for those drug-related personnel.
President Rodrigo Duterte warned the Communist Party of the Philippines that he will end the unilateral ceasefire if they will not give an explanation on the reported attack of the New People’s Army that resulted to the death of a Cafgu Active Auxiliary and the wounding of four others.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that they already stopped their military operations against the New People’s Army (NPA) but “will continue to support law enforcement in communities” following the declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte of a unilateral ceasefire with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
The head of the military’s Eastern Mindanao Command is mulling to enhance the capacity of the Task Force Davao.
Amid the resumption of the formal peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front, civilian communities in villages in Davao Oriental province suffer from intensive military operations.
