• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Philippine Army junior officers stationed in Western and Central Visayas have been ordered to completely finish the New People’s Army remnants as the government troops prepare for territorial defense operations.
In a recent meeting with company commanders, Maj. Gen. Marion Sison, commander of 3rd Infantry Division, emphasized the importance of completing the internal security operations as the Philippine Army prepares for the TDO.
Sison highlighted the need to neutralize the remnants of the defunct guerrilla fronts of the dismantled Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros and Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay.
“Once we fail in accomplishing our mission in the ISO, the Armed Forces of the Philippines fails. This is because the Visayas Command is the main effort of the AFP in our campaign against insurgency, and we at 3ID are the main effort of Viscom,” he added.
To completely dismantle the remaining rebel formations, Sison ordered the company commanders to find, fix, and neutralize all of the remnants, if they insist not to abandon their futile armed struggle that has turned into lawlessness.
“We must co-locate with the enemy, but will never ever co-exist. Continue conducting counter-insurgency operations in urban areas, targeting communist terrorist group affiliated mass organizations and coopting the sectoral front organizations,” he said.
Sison added: “We must sever their logistical networks and support structures to cripple their red area operations and deny them the space and resources they need to survive”. | GB
