MANILA — There are zero active New People’s Army (NPA) guerrilla fronts as of December 2023, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Saturday.
He made this statement in a video posted on the Presidential Communications Office’s Facebook account.
“Last year, we were able to neutralize 1,399 members of communist and local terrorist groups. We obtained 1,751 firearms or guns through capture, confiscation, recovery, and surrenders,” Marcos said.
“Now we can report that there is no active NPA guerrilla front as of December 2023,” the President noted.
He also commended the “good performance” of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police.
“The performance of our AFP and our police is good,” Marcos said.
He likewise praised the coordination between Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and intelligence agencies, which, according to the President, facilitated the government’s successful campaign against internal terrorism. (Luisa Cabato © Philippine Daily Inquirer)
