NPA’s pathetic move, “tell a lie”

By CMO Battalion, 8ID PA
October 15, 2010

CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan, Samar  –  The terrorist New People’s Army (NPA) has no way to run but to tell lies after the successive successful feat of the Army’s 8th Infantry Division against them for the past few days particularly in the tri-boundary areas of the of Samar provinces.

It can be recalled that assorted high powered firearms, war materiel, explosive materials, medical supplies & equipment, communications equipment, subversive documents and other high valued equipment and personal belongings were recovered following the capture of various NPA’s huge encampments and safe houses that resulted to the major lost in their underground movement.

As expected, the terrorist NPA resorted to their hopeless move of bringing front lies and propaganda in order to project their false strength to the people and pretend to be winning their barbaric cause.

In the recent statement made by Karlos Manuel of the Efren Martires Terrorist Group [ The people support the continuing struggle of the NPA ], he accused 8ID particularly pointing fingers to the troops of 34th Infantry Battalion to be human rights violators citing the long used worn out issues that are kept recycled which they usually use every time they encounter major setbacks.

It seems that Manuel’s propaganda line which includes the destruction of crops, abuses and looting are all usual lies of the NPAs considering the fact that the mentioned areas where he alleged to be disturbed by the troops are excluded in the areas where troops were deployed.  Also Manuel’s statement is indicative of his lack of knowledge of what is really happening in the ground considering his statements are far from reality. It is a proof that indeed 8ID has already dislodged them from their former strongholds, heavily disrupted their command, control and communications and usual supply lines in the area.

In the onset, the people no longer believe in their usual lies as manifested by the location of captured enemy encampments and with the frequent information support of the people that resulted to major engagements.  If it is true that the support of the people is still at their end, how come that most of the captured enemy encampments are located in some isolated places very far away from the people? This fact only denotes that the masses are now alienating themselves from the underground movement and the terrorist are no longer accepted and welcomed in the barangays.

This was confirmed by Roberto Gacuma alias Huling, the former Secretary of NEF, ESPPC, EVRPC who served 29 years in the underground movement before his integration to the mainstream society that the NPA’s had undergone various reforms in order to regain their losing ground and control of their previously controlled mass bases.

He also revealed that they could no longer contain the losing grip of the people to their movement because the propaganda that they were using before are no longer true and applicable at present.

He also said that the use of propaganda lines such as military abuses, destruction of crops, inhumane acts towards civilian, torture, violations of human rights and the like are the NPA’s last resort since they have nothing more to say to counter the consistent successes of the government forces and dictate or refocus the military’s attention away from intensified combat operations.

Meanwhile, Major General Mario Chan, 8ID’s commander said that the 8ID remains focused on their mandated task of protecting the people and the state and assured that their rights are protected at all times.

He further stated that the gaining tempo of his command favouring the people’s interest will be sustained despite of the relentless propaganda effort of the enemy to discredit the legitimate operations.

“We believe that our people know the truth behind these enemy propaganda and they are intelligent enough to recognize issues to believe in.  While the enemy keeps on throwing dirty mud against our end and false accusations to be hated by the people we are serving, we will continue to perform things that we ought to do and assured that our people will be peacefully sleeping at night against the NPA,” vows General Chan.