Two New People's Army (NPA) fighters voluntarily surrendered
themselves, together with their weapons, to troopers of the 58th Infantry
Battalion in Claveria town, Misamis Oriental last Monday.
Major Ezra Balagtey, Eastern Mindanao Command spokesperson,
said the duo surrendered an M-4 assault rifle and an M-1 Garand carbine.
He declined to identify the two for security reasons but
said that one of the surrenderees was an NPA leader.
The two surrendered due to differences in policies,
infighting among themselves, the hardship being away from their family and
being always on the run.
"We have noticed the increase of NPAs surrendering with
firearms since October this year with November posting as the highest with 10
firearms. The 46 surrenderees we accounted since October yielded a total of 22
firearms or a ratio of 1:2 which means that one out of two surrenderees
surrendered firearms,” Eastern Mindanao Command head Lt. Gen. Aurelio Baladad
said.
The surrenderees will likely receive remuneration of
Php75,000 and Php20,000 for M-4 and M-1 respectively.
Likewise both surrenderee will be enrolled to the Misamis
Oriental Integration Program to start a new life.
Baladad repeated his offer to the NPAs to lay down their
arms and live a peaceful life and avail of the livelihood program and other
assistance offered by the government for their well-being.
"We are again calling on our brothers who are
continuously deceived by the communist propaganda to lay down their arms. We
ensure you that we will work with other stakeholders for you to start a new
life and join your family in the mainstream society," he said.
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