Marietta Jambora, lead convener of the Bantay Bayanihan-Negros Oriental chapter, said Tuesday it is time to assess the accomplishments of key players after the declaration of Negros Oriental as a “conflict-manageable and development ready” province.
On May 7, 2014, the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Jambora, however, said the Provincial Peace and Order
Council, chaired by Gov. Roel Degamo, is taking the lead in making sure that
various line government agencies and other stakeholders have followed through
with their programs and projects since the declaration of the province as such.
However, Bantay Bayanihan, being a member of the PPOC, will
discuss in its regular quarterly meeting Wednesday the accomplishments of the
line agencies, civil society organizations and other sectors whether their
programs and projects stipulated in the memorandum of agreement signed last
year.
Jambora said the individual plans need to be revisited as to
the status of the province as “conflict-manageable and development ready” so
Bantay Bayanihan can also make a formal report to the executive committee of the
PPOC.
Meanwhile, the Bantay Bayanihan local chapter will hold its
regular quarterly dialog with the security forces in Dumaguete City
Participating units and agencies are the AFP, PNP,
Department of Justice, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department
of Social Welfare and Development, Commission on Human Rights, Department of
Agrarian Reform, Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, the academe and the religious sector.
Bantay Bayanihan is the first in South
East Asia to institutionalize CSO oversight in the implementation
of the military's internal security campaign plan. It is an independent network
recognized by the AFP to perform oversight function for Internal Peace and
Security Plan Bayanihan, Jambora said.
It has more than 150 civil society organizations in 16
conflict-affected provinces in Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao .
Created on November 29, 2011, Bantay Bayanihan engages in
the security sector in critical and constructive collaboration towards peace
and security sector reform, Jambora said.
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