AFP urges communist rebels to surrender, join ‘bigger’ fight for WPS
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) encouraged the remaining communist fighters in the country on Tuesday, Aug. 13, to surrender so that the government can finally focus on a “bigger” challenge – protecting the West Philippine Sea (WPS) from foreign hostile forces.
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00:00So in terms of our internal security operations, we are glad to report that no guerrilla fronts remain active across the country as of today.
00:09So we started in January when we had the command conference.
00:16The president reported that there are no more active guerrilla fronts and there are 11.
00:22So at this point, starting from January, now we're down to only 7 active guerrilla fronts.
00:29So we have successfully weakened the remaining groups with only 7 still under focused operations.
00:36And this achievement actually reflects our commitment to eradicating insurgency and fostering stability for our entire country.
00:45We have to take note that the most surrendered are here.
00:49So 6 are apprehended and 46 were killed.
00:53So a total of 166 firearms were captured and 21 antipersonnel mines were either captured or surrendered and 10 encampments were seized.
01:06So with this, we would like to point out that with the number of surrenders,
01:13we can see that we have a zeal towards the whole Filipino nation that our hearts and feelings will be one when we talk about the West Philippine Sea.
01:26Whatever your background or beliefs, we will be one when we say that the West Philippine Sea is our wealth.
01:37So we are enjoining these surrenders to join us in this effort for us to really go forth and move on to bigger challenges which is the West Philippine Sea issue.