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By Anthony Vargas Reporter
THE Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday dared the Communist Party of the
Philippines (CPP) spokesman, Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal, to
surface and belie rumors that he is dead.
The AFP issued this challenge
after the CPP information bureau released a statement on its website
early Wednesday saying Rosal is still very much alive.
“The only proof to say that he
[Rosal] is alive is to show himself,” the AFP Public Information
chief, Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro, said in a media briefing in Camp
Aguinaldo.
The AFP official said that the
communist spokesman should grant media interviews to dispel rumors
that he is dead, instead of simply issuing statements to the
trimedia.
“To put substance to their [CPP]
statement, to prove that he [Rosal] is alive, he should show up. If
he is alive, no one would exert effort to text him,” Bacarro said.
The rebel spokesman said in a
statement that he is very much alive, and that the purported rumors
of his demise were just part of the military’s propaganda
campaign.
“We have earlier reports that
he indeed fell ill, and based on these reports and those that came
out, he is dead, we are using these reports to really verify if he
is still alive or dead,” Bacarro said.
The AFP official added the
military did not presume the communist spokesman to be dead and that
it is only trying to verify Rosal’s true condition.
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