Camp BGen Efigenio C Navarro, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro – Police Regional Office MIMAROPA Regional Director SIDNEY SULTAN S HERNIA encouraged the New People’s Army members to lay down their arms and surrender to the government, Monday, March 28, 2022.

“Nanawagan po ako sa mga kasapi ng NPA na isuko ang kanilang mga armas at manumbalik sa ating gobyerno. Wala ng hihigit pa sa pagkakataong makapamuhay nang malaya kapiling ang pamilya. Hindi armas ang solusyon sa problema kundi ang kapayapaan at pagkakaisa.” PBGen Hernia said ahead of the NPA’s founding anniversary on March 29, 2022.

Recently, PRO MIMAROPA together with the Localized Peace Engagement (LPE) Cluster of the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) MIMAROPA, launched a localized peace engagement wherein 24 Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) members surrendered and renounced their allegiance to CPP/NPA/NDF.

Statistics disclosed that Police Regional Office MIMAROPA’s counter-insurgency campaign had resulted in the surrender of 47 CTG members since January of the present year.

“Those who desire to abandon the armed struggle will enjoy the benefits of Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program if they are qualified”, PBGen Hernia said. – RPIO MIMAROPA