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MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Defense (DND) on Sunday mocked Communist rebels’ threat to redeploy liquidation squads, and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the announcement only affirmed the government’s position that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA) are truly terrorist organizations.
“We challenge Mr. [Jose Maria] Sison to bring his terrorist threats, ”Lorenzana said, referring to the 81-year-old CCP founder who has enjoyed political asylum in the Netherlands since 1988.
“[But] by ‘partisan units,’ Mr. Sison actually refers to his ‘NPA terrorist assassins’ targeting unarmed non-combatant civilian and government officials, ”said Lorenzana, 72, who spent 31 years in the military. Filipino fighting the CPP-NPA. .
The Armed Forces of the Philippines said they were aware of the CPP-NPA’s plan to redeploy its strike squads.
Major General Edgard Arévalo, an AFP spokesman, said the military was aware of the plan. The CPP-NPA had been threatening to send in liquidation squads since 2018, the same year that President Duterte promised to create a special military unit to hunt down Communist strike squads. INQ
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