New People's Army rebel leader Erwin Moli, 3rd from left, is escorted out of a fast food chain in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines Friday 16 Mar 2007. Philippine Army officials say Moli, secretary of the Front Kara Command of the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines, surrendered along with 16 followers from Zamboanga del Sur province after a series of negotiations. Moli also surrendered four automatic rifles, two shot guns, an automatic pistol and two fragmentation grenades to the Army's 102nd Infantry Brigade. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 16 Mar) – Philippine military officials presented 13 of 17 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, including their leader, who surrendered to the in the southern province of Zamboanga del Sur.
Officials said the rebels headed by Erwin Moli, of the Front Kara Command of the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines, handed over four automatic rifles two shot guns, an automatic pistol and two fragmentation grenades to the Army’s 102nd Infantry Brigade.
Maj. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer, commander of the First Infantry Division, said the rebels surrendered late Wednesday in the village of Tininghalang in Lapuyan town in Zamboanga del Sur province.
“The surrender is the result of our series of negotiations with the NPA. We have received many surrender feelers and more rebels wanted to surrender and start a new life with their families. There is really no reason to continue with their unnecessary struggle because we are living in a democratic government,” Ferrer told the Mindanao Examiner newspaper.
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We got to welcome them back. And, we have to take care of them. Hopefully, there are more surrenderrees to come. Change for a better life.
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