Tabuk City, Kalinga - Philippine Army Commanding General Alexander Yano has called on the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) to lay down their arms and join the free market of ideas because if their ideology is superior, they will be victorious in the end.
Yano who was at the 501st Infantry Brigade camp in Calanan, this city, December 14 as part of his Christmas rounds of the troops told local newsmen that the CPP-NPA should take their anniversary on December 26 as a time to do a deep soul searching and accept that their ideology is unacceptable to Filipinos.
Yano claimed that after more than three decades, the CPP-NPA has not made any positive contribution to society but on the contrary, has brought hardships to the country.
Yano said that it is rather ironic that while other countries have repudiated the ideology because they have found that it does not work, the CPP-NPA keeps on trying to establish it in this country.
Yano, however, said there is nothing wrong about local reds espousing their ideology for so long as, they do not use force and arms to force it into Filipinos.
In reaction to the comment of a local media-man that the Armed Forces of the Philippines is fighting the NPA the wrong way because "the only way to win against the guerilla is to out-guerilla him,'' Yano said it is a simplistic view of the "problem because insurgency is multifaceted and complex and the military aspect is just a small part of it.
"This is not just an AFP and PNP problem because it involves social, political, economic and psychological aspects. Even if we address the armed NPA if the other components are not addressed by other agencies, we will not be able to win. The approach should be wholistic," Yano said.
Yano said that even if the AFP annihilates the NPA if other sectors of society including the media think that insurgency is purely a military matter and "we cannot put out act together, we can never win the war."
In his pep talk to the troops, Yano emphasized that the 80,000-strong Philippine Army is a team and its mission is to defeat the CPP-NPA and other threats to the security of the nation.
Saying that in the Army every member counts, he exhorted the soldiers to shake off the culture of mediocrity and do their best in whatever role they are given because the failure of a part in the Army will affect the functioning of the entire complex machine. **By Estanislao Albano Jr., ZZW Dec. 23, 2007
Yano who was at the 501st Infantry Brigade camp in Calanan, this city, December 14 as part of his Christmas rounds of the troops told local newsmen that the CPP-NPA should take their anniversary on December 26 as a time to do a deep soul searching and accept that their ideology is unacceptable to Filipinos.
Yano claimed that after more than three decades, the CPP-NPA has not made any positive contribution to society but on the contrary, has brought hardships to the country.
Yano said that it is rather ironic that while other countries have repudiated the ideology because they have found that it does not work, the CPP-NPA keeps on trying to establish it in this country.
Yano, however, said there is nothing wrong about local reds espousing their ideology for so long as, they do not use force and arms to force it into Filipinos.
In reaction to the comment of a local media-man that the Armed Forces of the Philippines is fighting the NPA the wrong way because "the only way to win against the guerilla is to out-guerilla him,'' Yano said it is a simplistic view of the "problem because insurgency is multifaceted and complex and the military aspect is just a small part of it.
"This is not just an AFP and PNP problem because it involves social, political, economic and psychological aspects. Even if we address the armed NPA if the other components are not addressed by other agencies, we will not be able to win. The approach should be wholistic," Yano said.
Yano said that even if the AFP annihilates the NPA if other sectors of society including the media think that insurgency is purely a military matter and "we cannot put out act together, we can never win the war."
In his pep talk to the troops, Yano emphasized that the 80,000-strong Philippine Army is a team and its mission is to defeat the CPP-NPA and other threats to the security of the nation.
Saying that in the Army every member counts, he exhorted the soldiers to shake off the culture of mediocrity and do their best in whatever role they are given because the failure of a part in the Army will affect the functioning of the entire complex machine. **By Estanislao Albano Jr., ZZW Dec. 23, 2007
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