{"id":74304,"date":"2016-04-16T01:06:51","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T05:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=74304"},"modified":"2016-04-16T01:06:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T05:06:51","slug":"president-aquino-determined-end-abu-sayyaf-threat-says-palace-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/04\/16\/president-aquino-determined-end-abu-sayyaf-threat-says-palace-official\/","title":{"rendered":"President Aquino determined to end Abu Sayyaf threat, says Palace official"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III. (Photo by Joseph Vidal\/ Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 President Benigno S. Aquino III is determined to put an end to the threat posed by the Abu Sayyaf Group, Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuong-buo ang determinasyon ng Pangulo at ng pamahalaan na bigyan na ng mariing dagok at mawakasan na itong mga pananakot na ginagawa ng (Abu Sayyaf), dahil batid naman natin ang ating Sandatahang Lakas ay nakapagdagdag na ng kanilang mga kagamitan,\u201d Coloma told reporters during a press briefing at the Palace.<\/p>\n

\u201cSapat ang kagamitan ng ating mga Sandatahang Lakas. Sapat din ang kanilang pagsasanay. Mataas ang moral ng ating mga kasundaluhan kaya\u2019t pinaiigting ang paglaban sa kanila,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Palace official pointed out that the area controlled by the armed group has been reduced due to the completion of the Basilan Circumferential Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cTotoong lumiliit na \u2018yung lugar na pwede nilang pagkilusan dahil sa mga importanteng proyektong pangimprastruktura na nakumpleto na ng ating pamahalaan, katulad ng Basilan Circumferential Road,\u201d he said, noting that the island province of Basilan is now encircled by a concrete highway.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeron pang kasunod na proyekto diyan ang ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) natin, in coordination with DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways), sina Governor Mujiv Hataman. Ang tawag doon sa proyekto ay ang Transcentral Road Project. Nauna \u2018yung sa kapaligiran, ngayon naman \u2018yung sa gitna. Sa gitna mismo ng isla, merong mga bulubunduking bahagi doon, may Transcentral Road Project naman para talagang mag-improve \u2018yung connectivity,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Coloma reiterated that the government will not allow the armed group to continue its illegal activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi natin pwedeng pahintulutan na magpatuloy sila sapagkat tuwing sila ay makakakuha \u2013 through extortion, through kidnap-for-ransom activities \u2013 ng mga malalaking halaga ng salapi, ito rin ang ginagamit nila para magpatuloy ang kanilang tiwaling mga ginagawa na labag sa batas at ang paghahasik ng ligalig sa ating mga mamamayan, Kaya\u2019t buong-buo ang determinasyon ng pamahalaan hinggil diyan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On a Singaporean expert\u2019s claim that the Islamic State (ISIS) was behind the deadly encounter in Basilan, Coloma pointed out that the armed group used to say that it had links with the Al Qaeda but these days, it said it had links with the ISIS.<\/p>\n

\u201cKinakailangan meron silang branding na ganoon para makilala sila, para katakutan sila\u2026 Pero kung tutuusin, titingnan natin what these groups really are \u2013 ang talagang generic characterization natin ay these are opportunists, mercenary groups na hindi dapat bigyan ng puwang sa ating bansa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDapat sila ay labanan sa fullest extent na magagawa natin\u2026 Kasi habang ibinabandera natin, ito ay ISIS, Al Qaeda, para bang binibigyan pa natin sila ng puwang. Samantalang sa katotohanan ay sila naman ay mga oportunista at mga mersinaryong grupo na walang lugar sa ating bansa.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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