NDF calls Oplan Bayanihan a failure
If the National Democratic Front is to be believed, the Oplan Bayanihan and similar campaign plans implemented by the Armed Forces Central Command and Army’s 3rd Infantry Division in Negros, a priority area for clearing of local insurgents since 2008, ended as a failure.
Frank Fernandez, the NDF-Negros spokesman, said that contrary to military claims that the number of New People’s Army rebels is fast dwindling and the revolutionary movement continues to weaken, “the truth speaks otherwise because every year the revolutionary forces accumulate strength.”
Military records show that the number of armed NPA members significantly dropped from its peak of about 1,200 in the late 1980’s to about 200 this year.
Col. Oscar Lactao, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, also reported the surrender of 77 rebels, who have availed of livelihood and financial assistance from the provincial government of Negros, as well as from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process.
NDF-Negros also strongly condemned the arrest of those it claims to be innocent civilians during an encounter in Isabela, Negros Occidental, who included a man mistaken to be a rebel leader in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental, with a P5.25 million reward on his head.
“Col. (Francisco) Patrimonio and his men, including the PNP in Negros should be ashamed when they boast of big accomplishments that resulted to the weakening of the revolutionary movement,” Fernandez, who is also the alleged secretary of the Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros, said in a statement he issued.
But Patrimonio debunked claims of a case of “mistaken identity”, referring to the arrest of Felimon Mendrez, commander of the Regional Strike Force of the Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros, saying that, his identity had been confirmed by several sources.
Fernandez also said that the failure of intelligence units and strike operations of the Philippine Army and PNP is just a result of their desperate acts to recover from their disgrace, citing the alleged numerous casualties of the military in the recent Isabela encounter.
He also said that the proposed localized peace talk aims to weaken and lead the surrender of the revolutionary movement.*GPB
Source http://www.visayandailystar.com/2013/January/19/topstory8.htm
Frank Fernandez, the NDF-Negros spokesman, said that contrary to military claims that the number of New People’s Army rebels is fast dwindling and the revolutionary movement continues to weaken, “the truth speaks otherwise because every year the revolutionary forces accumulate strength.”
Military records show that the number of armed NPA members significantly dropped from its peak of about 1,200 in the late 1980’s to about 200 this year.
Col. Oscar Lactao, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, also reported the surrender of 77 rebels, who have availed of livelihood and financial assistance from the provincial government of Negros, as well as from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process.
NDF-Negros also strongly condemned the arrest of those it claims to be innocent civilians during an encounter in Isabela, Negros Occidental, who included a man mistaken to be a rebel leader in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental, with a P5.25 million reward on his head.
“Col. (Francisco) Patrimonio and his men, including the PNP in Negros should be ashamed when they boast of big accomplishments that resulted to the weakening of the revolutionary movement,” Fernandez, who is also the alleged secretary of the Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros, said in a statement he issued.
But Patrimonio debunked claims of a case of “mistaken identity”, referring to the arrest of Felimon Mendrez, commander of the Regional Strike Force of the Komiteng Rehiyonal-Negros, saying that, his identity had been confirmed by several sources.
Fernandez also said that the failure of intelligence units and strike operations of the Philippine Army and PNP is just a result of their desperate acts to recover from their disgrace, citing the alleged numerous casualties of the military in the recent Isabela encounter.
He also said that the proposed localized peace talk aims to weaken and lead the surrender of the revolutionary movement.*GPB
Source http://www.visayandailystar.com/2013/January/19/topstory8.htm
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