The Army’s First Infantry Division has established
Indigenous Peoples (IP) desks to attend to the concerns of IPs within its area
of responsibility here in the region.
Capt. Franco Suelto, 1st Infantry Division information
officer, said Wednesday the putting up of the IP desks is part of the command’s
welfare program for the most vulnerable sector of the society.
Suelto said the IP desks are being handled by the office of
the Civil-Military Operation (CMO) to attend to the concerns and needs of the
IPs.
Suelto said the establishment of IP desks is in compliance
and support to Republic Act 8371, otherwise known as the Indigenous People’s
Rights Act of 1997.
“We have implemented the cultural sensitivity program. In
the program, we conduct orientation, seminar-workshop to our soldiers who are
socially immersed in the Subanen community to respect the rights to
self-determination and to respect their cultural integrity as well,” Suelto
said.
“Our soldiers assigned in the remote areas have also
provided basic services to the IPs basic through medical civic action program
(MEDCAP),” he said.
Meanwhile, Suelto said that several of the rebel- returnees,
who are members of the IP community, have availed themselves of the Armed
Forces’ Comprehensive Livelihood Program (CLIP) through the “Guns for Peace.”
The program provides the grant of cask incentives to rebels
who voluntarily surrender along with their firearms.
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