The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) mentioned Sunday that it doesn’t at present see any issues coming from the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) with the passing of its founding chairman Jose Maria “Joma” Sison.
AFP performing spokesperson Colonel Medel Aguilar made the comment when requested in a Super Radyo dzBB interview if there’s something the federal government forces needs to be cautious about in regards to the CPP-New People’s Army (NPA).
“Sa ngayon, wala naman kaming nakikitang problema or pangamba dahil sa pagkamatay ni Joma,” he mentioned.
(Right now, we don’t see any downside or concern due to Joma’s demise.)
“In reality, tuloy-tuloy ‘yung pagbaba ng bilang ng kanilang mga kasapi at saka mga supporters. Patuloy din na bumabalik loob ‘yung kanilang mga armadong… ‘yung mga combatants nila tsaka ‘yung mga supporters nila, ‘yung mass bases and even some members of the underground mass organizations. Ito ay magandang indication,” he added.
(In fact, the number of their members and supporters continues to decrease. Their armed men, their combatants and supporters, the mass bases and even some members of the underground mass organizations, continue to surrender. This is a good indication.)
Aguilar also stressed that Sison’s demise might assist deliver extra peace within the nation at the same time as the federal government continues its peace talks on a group stage.
The Department of National Defense mentioned on Saturday that with Sison’s demise, the “greatest stumbling block of peace is gone.”
Sison, who had been in self-exile within the Netherlands since 1987, handed away on December 16 at round 8:40 p.m. (Philippine time) after two weeks of confinement within the hospital, CPP chief info officer Marco Valbuena mentioned on Saturday.
The CPP mentioned it will await the arrival of Sison’s stays or ashes within the Philippines and didn’t rule out tactical offensives through the mourning interval.
The celebration, together with its armed wing NPA and political arm National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), has been waging an insurgency insurrection in opposition to the Philippine authorities for over 5 many years. —KG, GMA Integrated News
