By Raydes B. Barcia
Legazpi City —Tired and fed up, at least 23 members of the communist insurgents in Bicol gave up their guns to join the mainstream of the society.
Lt. Regeil G. Gatarin, Naval Forces of Southern Luzon (Navforsol) spokesperson said that the 23 members of communist guerillas who gave up their guns were members of Kabataan and Anak Bayan Partylist.
“These individuals are currently members of the KABATAAN and ANAKBAYAN Partylist and residents of Camalig, Albay, Naga, Camarines Sur, and Daet, Camarines Norte,” he said.
Prior to the rebels’ surrender, the Navforsol conducted a series of operations agains the communist movement which started last July 2022.
Two months after the Novforsol relentless operations, Gatarin said that it’s activity resulted in the successful withdrawal of support of 23 individuals to communist insurgents.
To educate the surrenderees, the Naval Forces of Southern Luzon conducted activities to further reinstate the support of the former rebels held at Naval Forces Southern Luzon, Rawis, Legazpi City.
” These activities included security awareness lecture, denouncement of support to the CPP-NPA terrorists (CNTs), and pledge of allegiance to the government,” Gatarin said.
The Naval Forces Southern Luzon supports the government’s peace-building initiatives under Executive Order No. 70 dated 2018 through the Whole of the Nation Approach (WON) to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.