Task force vs CPP-NPA attacks, binuo

Bumuo na si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng National Task Force, upang tugunan ang mga pagmamalupit ng mga kaanib ng Communist Party of the PhilippinesNew People’s Army (CPP-NPA) sa kanayunan.

Ito ang desisyon ng Pangulo nang magpatawag ito ng Executive Committee meeting ng National Security Council (EC-NSC) sa Ebuen Airbase sa Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, nitong Martes.

Sa nasabing pagpupulong, inatasan din ni Duterte ang Department of Justice (DoJ) na ipursige ang proscription case laban sa CPP-NPA-NDF bilang terrorist organization.

Pinasusulong din ng punong ehekutibo sa DoJ ang pagsasagawa ng malalimang imbestigasyon sa Sagay massacre, na ikinamatay ng siyam na magsasaka.

Kabilang pa sa tinalakay ang peace and order situation sa Mindanao kung saan napagkasunduang pag-aaralang mabuti ang posibleng pagbawi o pagpapalawig pa ng martial law sa rehiyon.

"Another matter tackled during the same meeting was the peace and order situation in Mindanao. Taking into account the lingering terrorist and communist threats, the EC-NSC committed to put into study the possible lifting or further extension of martial law therein. Factors that were initially considered by the committee were the outlook of our brothers and sisters in Mindanao, an overwhelming majority of whom support martial law in view of the present situation they are in, the facilitation it will bring in rehabilitating Marawi and regaining normalcy in Mindanao, and indispensable constitutional and legal factors," sabi pa nito.