No more active NPA guerrilla fronts - BBM

Fight vs internal terrorists a success

- ALEXIS ROMERO

With no more active communist guerrilla fronts as reported by the military, the government can now claim success in its fight against local terrorism, President Marcos said yesterday.

In a video message posted on Facebook, Marcos attributed the gains in the campaign against armed threats to the vigorous operations of security forces and to the coordination among defense and intelligence agencies.

"Now, we can report that there are no more active NPA (New People's Army) guerrilla fronts as of December 2023. We will continue to fight for this," Marcos said.

"The performance of the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) is good. The performance of the police is good and the coordination of the SND (secretary of National Defense), the Department of National Defense and all our intelligence agencies is good.

They are working together, that's why our campaign against internal terrorism is a  success,” he added.

Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil clarified that having zero guerrilla fronts means there are no more active NPA strongholds, but there are still communist rebels.