POWs’ release in Surigao del Norte cancelled due to AFP refusal to withdraw troops
By MARIA MALAYA
Spokesperson, NDFP Northeast Mindanao Chapter
The NDFP Northeast Mindanao (NDFP-NEMR) regrets to inform the relatives and friends, the Third Party Facilitators and the general public that the release on 17 January 2015 of the three (3) Prisoners of War, namely PO1 Jorie M. Amper, PO3 Democrito B. Polvorosa, and PO1 Marichel U. Contemplo, negotiated between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines and the emissaries of Department of Interior and Local Government (of the Manila government), is cancelled due chiefly to the refusal of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to temporarily withdraw their COPD operatives from the area.