AFP expects to dismantle 14 NPA fronts by yearend

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said yesterday it is expecting to dismantle 14 communist guerrilla fronts all over the country by the end of this year, in order to meet the 2010 timeline set by President Arroyo.

AFP chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said in an interview during the conclusion of the two-day joint military and police First Semester Internal Security Operations Assessment at Camp Aguinaldo yesterday that five guerrilla fronts have already been dismantled since December.

He said at the rate they are going, the military would be able to meet its “self-imposed deadline” of finally putting an end to the communist insurgency by the New People’s Army (NPA).