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By Edith Regalado
DAVAO CITY , Philippines – The communists are still the country’s top security threat, according to National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr.
“It is communism that is the number one threat. Because the communists here want to change the way of life of the Filipinos. They want to force their way even if they are outdated already,” Esperon said yesterday.
The communists have been waging an insurgency since 1968 – which the military said has claimed 30,000 lives – to overthrow the government.
Aside from the communists, Esperon added the problem of illegal drugs, extremism, terrorism, corruption, secessionism and even the alleged destabilization plots, as among the other threats the country currently faces.
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