{"id":145059,"date":"2018-01-10T03:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T08:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=145059"},"modified":"2025-03-10T13:36:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:36:01","slug":"afp-vows-to-reduce-npas-number-by-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/10\/afp-vows-to-reduce-npas-number-by-half\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP vows to reduce NPA’s number by half"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is accorded with military honors upon his arrival at Camp Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City for his attendance to the 82nd Anniversary Celebration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on December 20, 2017. Accompanying the President is AFP Chief of Staff General Rey Guerrero. ALFRED FRIAS\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Rey Guerrero on Tuesday said that the objective of the military for the whole year is to reduce the number of communist rebels by half.<\/p>\n

Citing the 3,70o number of Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), the new AFP chief vowed to weaken the total strength of the red fighters by 50% for 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt present, the total strength of the CPP-NPA is 3,700.<\/p>\n

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We intend to reduce that number by half for 2018,\u201d Guerrero told reporters during an interview after the traditional New Year\u2019s Call by the Department of National Defense (DND) and AFP held at the Tejeros Hall of the AFP Commissioned Officers\u2019 Club at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs to the number of barangays (to be cleared), let\u2019s leave it for later because we will still have the command conference to thresh out the details of our targets,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to Guerrero, in 2016 and 2017, the AFP has been successful in reducing the Red\u2019s manpower and firearms.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith regards to manpower, we reduce it by 40 percent. The firearms about that number,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

For the record, President Rodrigo Duterte earlier released a forceful order to the military and police to shoot any members of the NPA following his decision to terminate peace talks with the rebels.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, if there is an armed NPA there or terrorists, if he\u2019s holding any firearms, shoot. And tell any\u00a0ako na ang magsagot<\/em>\u00a0[I will answer], you just shut up,\u201d Duterte earlier said.<\/p>\n

[READ: PRRD orders military, police: \u2018Shoot any armed NPA rebels\u2019<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Duterte also added that he will answer any human rights issue that may arise as the government forces continue its shoot-out war with the NPA.<\/p>\n

The chief executive also signed an executive order tagging the NPA as a terrorist organization, Duterte has earlier said that he finds the communists no different to the international terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS).<\/p>\n

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