'Our President has ordered an end to the CPP-NPA. Finish them off now,' Army Chief Lieutenant General Romeo Brawner Jr. instructs new infantry division commander.
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – The government has no plans to resume peace negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army , instead opting to sustain the use of military force to end the decades-old rebellion.
Major General Jose Maria Cuerpo, a veteran hunter of the Dawlah Islamiyah terror group, has taken over as commander of the Army division responsible for fighting the communist rebels in northern and eastern Mindanao. His pronouncements were indicative of the Marcos Jr. administration’s position to sustain efforts to end the longest-running communist insurgency in Southeast Asia through military might, and that it would unlikely resume peace negotiations that were stopped during the Duterte administration.
He is also a former commander of the Army’s 103rd Infantry Brigade in Marawi City, where he spent five years hunting the remnants of the Dawlah Islamiyah terror group.
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