NPA surrender to CAFGU Detachment under 55IB.

By JONG CADION

MGen Ricardo Rainier Cruz III

TAMBULIG, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR – A member of Local Communist Movement NPA finally voluntarily surrendered to the CAFGU Detachment of Alpha Company, 5IB under the operational control of 55^th Infantry Battalion on of Tuesday at 11:30 in the evening of January 29, 2013 following the on going Bayanihan Team Operations.

Commanding Officer of the 55IB LTC Rommel Almaria identified the surrendered NPA as a certain Alex Dungog also known as (AKA) Ronald, 28 years old belong to the Section committee (SECCOM) JOJI of Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee. Ronald surrendered without firearm to a CAFGU Detachment at Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur under the operational control of his battalion, LTC Almaria said.

Accordingly, the said NPA member is a resident of Brgy Tabugon of same municipality and joined the Local Communist Movement sometimes on October 2011, and he decided to go back to the folds of the law due to family reason and hardship in living in the mountains.

The Commander of the 1^st Infantry Division, Major General Ricardo Rainier Cruz III commended the Bayanihan Team and the local officials of Brgy Tabugon of said municipality for the successful negotiations. He also gladly welcomes the decision of Alex Dungog to go back to his family and live a peaceful life.

“We are expecting more members of NPA to abandon their armed struggle in days to come due to the sincere effort of our soldiers and local government officials who are facilitating to bring peace and development to the countryside thru the Bayanihan Team Operations,” The Army’s Premier Division Chief hoping.

          It can be recalled that an NPA member with firearms surrendered to a CAFGU Detachment under 55IB at Ozamis City last December 2012.