(Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity and designated Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security for Region III Carlito G. Galvez Jr (middle) presides over the special meeting of the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict III held recently. Photo courtesy of PIA-3)
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – Government forces have been gaining ground against insurgency.
Police regional director Brig. Gen. Joel Napoleon Coronel said in a statement that the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict-III (RTFELCAC III) has been getting the upper hand in the fight against the insurgents.
“Since its creation last July 2019, 11 alleged leaders and members of the communist terrorist group have already voluntarily surrendered while one was arrested wherein we recovered several assorted firearms and explosives,” Coronel said.
The police regional director said about 81 municipalities and cities have already declared the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army as “persona non grata” and a total of 178 barangays are already into the community mobilization program.
“Members of RTFELCAC III are constantly uniting efforts in addressing the communist insurgency pursuant to Executive Order No. 70 or the whole-of-nation approach in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace,” Coronel said.
“On the part of the police, we continue to implement our programs relative to our massive campaign against insurgency as we engage the different sectors of society including the academe,” he added.
