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Manila, Philippines – Just right after the Yuletide truce,
military units can now pursue hunting the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who
blatantly violated the ceasefire declaration by attacking government troops.
The NPA did not only attack military men but also some civilian
communities.
In a statement, AFP spokesperson Col. Edgard Arevalo said
that AFP will resume its operations and pursue the NPA members.
"The AFP will resume focused military operations after
the SOMO (suspension of military operations) has lapsed. All ground units will
pursue NPA members who violated their own ceasefire declaration by attacking
government troops and harassing civilian communities," Arevalo said on
Tuesday.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines implemented a unilateral
ceasefire during the holiday season that started from 6pm of December 23 to 6pm
of December 26, then 6pm of December 30 until January 2, 11:59pm.
Although the NPA did the same on ceasefire, some of its units,
however, violated their own declaration when they attacked military units in Davao
Oriental and in Campostela Valley.
Arevalo added that military force will resume pro-active combat
measures nationwide to protect vulnerable and exposed communities from the
threats and deception of the NPA rebels.
"Our non-combat efforts on assisting other line
government agencies on infrastructure development and community health
engagements will continue," Arevalo said
On two separate incidents on New Year’s Day, two improvised explosive
device (IED) were set off by another terrorist group, the Bangsamoro Islamic
Freedom Fighters (BIFF) which prompted the Philippine National Police and the
Armed Forces of the Philippines to conduct man hunt against the said IS-inspired
terrorist.
The bombing resulted to death of a police officer and
injured other troops.
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