Nagdeklara ang pamahalaan ng all-out war laban sa New People’s Army o NPA.
Sa pahayag ni Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, wala ng pagkakaiba ang NPA sa Abu Sayyaf Group dahil pareho na silang tinaguriang terorista ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Aniya, tulad ng Abu Sayyaf Group, naghahasik ng lagim ang NPA para lamang makakuha ng pera sa mga tao.
Kaugnay nito, nilinaw ni Lorezana na sa buong kilusang komunista, tanging sa armadong grupo nila na NPA nakatuon ang idineklarang all-out war.
“Yes, it is a all-out war kasi they are considered by the President already as terrorist, we also considered them as terrorist. Ano bang pagkakaiba nila sa Abu Sayyaf? The Abu Sayyaf kidnap people and they get money.”
“The NPA will threaten those businessmen and also get money. There’s no difference at all, they are there to terrorized people to give them money, that is extortion. We will hunt them down and we will stop them from doing what they are doing”
By Avee Devierte / Race Perez
