Brigadier General Eduardo Gubat, the chairman of the government's Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities, says the reported disarming of the soldiers is merely a 'procedural gesture.'
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Tensions rose in the Lanao del Sur since Tuesday, February 7, when more than two dozen soldiers from the Special Forces Company of the Army’s 1st Special Forces Battalion were held by members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s 103rd Base Command.
Officials said the incident was the result of a lack of coordination between the Special Forces and the MILF which could have led to a repeat of the bloody Mamasapano encounter in Maguindanao in 2015 had it not been for cooler heads and the ongoing peace process.
Malang, for his part, said the soldiers were merely “requested” to lay down their firearms, and “not disarmed.” He said the soldiers went there because the military was continuously on the move against various threat groups in the Lanao provinces, including communist rebels and terror organizations.
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