However, Abella said the government will continue to track down the ASG bandits.
“As Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on August 29, we are going full force and all-out operations against them,” Abella said.
He said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is sending reinforcement of five battalions in Sulu.
“The President is definitely focused in making sure that the threat of the ASG should be terminated as soon as possible. Already, this is a manifestation of his campaign against the Abu Sayyaf,” Abella said.
Abella said there is no timeline set for the all-out operation against the ASG bandits but “it should not be an extended engagement.”
President Duterte had ordered to destroy Abu Sayyaf after the kidnap-for-ransom group beheaded James Patric Almodovar last week.
The ASG kidnapped the 18-year-old Almodovar last July 16 outside his house in Jolo.
The terrorist group reportedly beheaded Almodovar after his family failed to pay the PHP 1 million ransom.
The ASG has been listed by the United States and the Philippines as a terrorist group for kidnappings, beheadings and bombings.
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