Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Maranon Jr. is urging the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process to speed up the signing of the closure agreement between the national government and the Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Bongcayao Brigade and its political wing, the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas (RPM-P).
Marañon said the OPAPP has promised to hold the signing of the closure agreement last year yet but it has not happened until now.
Representatives from the OPAPP met with the governor at the Capitol Tuesday, but Marañon said the meeting is a waste of time because the OPAPP sent only its representatives.
"They talked about the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) so I told them that we are only interested in the closure agreement with the RPA- ABB," he said.
Last April, the RPA-ABB changed its name to Kapatiran para sa Progresong Panlipunan (Brotherhood for Social Progress) as part of their compliance with the provisions of the peace agreement they signed with the government in year 2000.
Gilbert Arsenal, elected president of the Kapatiran, said their group is now a legitimate organization comprised of former revolutionary armed group members.
Moreover, Marañon told the OPAPP representatives to inform their head of the province's concern over the delayed signing of the closure agreement.
The governor said the OPAPP representatives conveyed several reasons why the signing cannot proceed yet.
The OPAPP has already conducted a socio-economic profiling of members of the RPA-ABB-RPM-P to determine appropriate livelihood and other development interventions for their communities.
A series of profiling activities were already held in Negros and Panay Islands for the former combatants belonging to the Tabara-Paduano Group of the RPA-ABB-RPM-P.
Records of OPAPP show that 495 TPG members were profiled on Oct. 20-30, 2012.
Negros Occidental accounted for 358 members, while Negros Oriental and Panay Island have 50 and 87 members profiled, respectively.
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