The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) predicted that newly appointed AFP chief of staff Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista will end his term in frustration as he is bound to fail miserably in his declared objective of "rendering irrelevant" the New People's Army (NPA) in the next few years. Bautista is widely regarded as the author of Oplan Bayanihan, the current counterinsurgency operational plan of the AFP.
Translation:NPA to frustrate Oplan Bayanihan chief's AFP term--CPP Tiniyak ng Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP) na matatapos ng bagong talagang chief of staff ng AFP na si Lt. Gen Emmanuel Bautista ang kanyang termino na bigo dahil siguradong lubusan siyang mauunsyami sa kanyang idineklarang layunin na "gawing hindi na makabuluhan" ang Bagong hukbong Bayan (BHB) sa mga susunod na taon.