The 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division of the Armed Forces of
the Philippines gave full military honors to Butuan City mayor Ferdinand M.
Amante, Jr. as chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) in an
appropriate ceremony held at Camp Bancasi, headquarters of the 402nd Brigade in
Brgy. Bancasi this city, Friday morning.
The honor rites was attended by the Commanding General of
the 4thID Major General Oscar T. Lactao, Brig. Gen. Jonathan G. Ponce,
Commanding Officer of the 402nd Brigade, PCSupt. David Y. Ombao and the other
members of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) Caraga. Top officials
from the headquarters of the 4th ID, PA who accompanied Maj. Gen, Lactao and
Army officials here in the region and their counterparts from the Philippine
National Police also attended the honor rites.
Mayor Amante was afforded full military honors which Maj.
Gen. Lactao explained during the press conference, is by the military
tradition, an honor afforded to the commander-in-chief, which is the President.
The Mayor was given the honor as the alter-ego of the President as far as peace
and security is concerned being the chairman of the Regional Peace and Order
Council here in the Caraga region.
In his message for the occasion, Lactao said that the AFP
and the PNP can only “do so much in this part of Mindanao, including the
Islands of the province
of Dinagat
According to him, the military are undertaking peace and
development projects in the conflict-affected areas of the Caraga region to
bring the most needed government basic services in these areas even to the
far-flung barangays.
Lactao said peace is a shared responsibility and along with
development can be achieved by the political will of the local leaders.
He cited Mayor Amante for formulation means, a measure of
convergence in order to address and tackle the problem of insurgency here.
He also challenged everybody present in the said forum to
continue working for peace and development.
The honor rites was followed by the RPOC conference chaired
by Mayor Amante and the press conference as its culmination.
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