Zamboanga
City (March 27, 2018) - Eighty-one members of an underground mass organization
withdrew their support from the communist terrorists and pledged allegiance to
the government in an interagency dialogue held in Sultan Kudarat Sunday March
25, 2018.
Mindanao
Command Information Officer Capt.Jp-Ann D. Petinglay said the dialogue was
initiated by the 33rd Infantry Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Harold
Cabunoc and the local government of Bagumbayan headed by Jonallette De Pedro.
"The
withdrawal of support is attributed to the sustained conduct of focused
military, intelligence, and civil-military operations of our Joint Task Force
Central and our reintegration efforts and peace and development programs in
collaboration with local governments," said Lieutenant General Carlito G.
Galvez, Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command.
Also
present were members of the Manobo tribe, who previously supported the Guerilla
Front 73.
Major General ArnelDela Vega, commander of the
Joint Task Force Central, said the former supporters are based in the different
sitios of Barangay Kabulanan. (By JONG S. CADION)
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