KINONDENA ng Palasyo ang pag-atake ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa kabIla ng umiiral na ceasefire.
“We strongly condemn in the strongest terms the NPA attack on our soldiers while the latter were doing community work in Barangay Puray, Rodriguez, Rizal in the face of a declaration of ceasefire on both sides and in the midst of an emergency health crisis,” sabi ni Presidential Spokesperson at Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo.
Ito’y matapos isang NPA at sundalo ang nasawi sa sagupaan sa Rodriguez, Rizal, Sabado ng hapon, sa gitna ng tigi-putukang pinaiiral sana ng gobyerno at mga rebeldeng komunista bilang pagtugon sa 2019-Coronavirus disease.
“This armed attack by the NPA against our soldiers exposes the insincerity of the former in declaring a ceasefire as well as their blatant disregard of the welfare of the Filipino people they claim to fight for as their armed assault against the soldiers who were doing community work in connection with the government’s battle against COVID-19 have placed the civilians in imminent danger and disrupted the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine in that area,” ayon pa kay Panelo.
Ayon kay AFP chief Gen. Filemon Santos Jr., inatake ng mga rebelde ang mga kawal na nagsasagawa ng “community work” sa Sitio Malasya Uyungan, Brgy. Puray.
“That NPA attack which resulted in the death of one soldier and wounding of two others and heavy casualties to the enemy unmasked the treacherous character of the NPA when it declared a ceasefire following the government’s own declaration,” dagdag ni Panelo.