Following the recent shooting attacks on local government officials, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of National Defense to dismantle private armies in the country. | JEMendozaINQ
Defense chief Carlito Galvez Jr. on Friday made the pronouncement during the 11th oversight committee meeting of the National Task Force for the Disbandment of Private Armed Groups held in Cotabato in Kidapawan City.“More than ever, the fulfillment of our mandate is now made more urgent with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to ‘dismantle private armies and identify hotspots where local officials are being attacked’,” Galvez said, quoting the president.
For his part, Interior Secretary and the task force’s spokesperson Benjamin Abalos said the Department of Interior and Local Government is willing to assist to free the country from its “long-running gun culture.”
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