CAMP MELCHOR DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela -- Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista urged 158 new soldiers who are sons and daughters of former rebels to uphold the institution they now belong to and help attain peace and unity in the Cordillera region.
The new members of the Philippine Army were officially administered oath of enlistment by Senior Master Sergeant Reynaldo Aduca, 5th Infantry Division Sergeant Major, witnessed by the AFP chief and concurred by the training director and adjutant of the Army division.
Bautista said he expects the new soldiers to serve as catalyst for change to sustain peace in the Cordillera and help the government insulate the Cordilleran communities from groups that will threaten their peace and progress.
The 158 new soldiers who are children of Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) members joined the AFP effective December 4 after finishing the six-month military training course on jungle warfare and marksmanship that was conducted by the 5th Infantry Division from June to December this year.
The integration into the Army of CPLA sons and daughters is one component of the peace initiative signed between the government and the rebel group in 1986 during the administration of President Corazon Aquino.
The more than 20-year stalled peace process was revived under the administration of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and integrating the CPLA into the Army has come to final closure while the livelihood component continues.
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