With the creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR), Armed
Forces of the Philippines is
expected to set up a regional command at the border of the two Negros provinces within the year.
“We will reconstitute our forces in the new region,” said
Gen. Gregorio Catapang Jr., who was in Negros Occidental Wednesday to witness
the declaration of the province as “peaceful and ready for further
development.”
Catapang said he will discuss the plan with Gov. Alfredo
Marañon Jr. and Lt. Gen. Nicanor Vivar, chief of AFP Central Command.
“It will be an integrated approach together with other
government agencies and units. It will be a joint command of the Army, the Air
Forces, and the Navy. Hopefully, a general will be assigned here,” he added.
Executive Order 183, which was signed by President Benigno
S. Aquino III on May 29, separated Negros Occidental from Western Visayas, or
Region 6, and Negros Oriental from Central Visayas ,
or Region 7.
The NIR command “will be an inter-agency peace and order
committee or organization to include all armed services and it will harness all
resources of the government to address and maintain peace and security in the
area,” Catapang said.
“We will put up new camps in the middle of the two provinces
to secure both sides,” he added.
Meanwhile, Frank Carbon, president of the Metro Bacolod
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI), lauded the declaration of Negros
Occidental as “peaceful and ready for further development.”
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