Around 18 rebel returnees received financial assistance from
the Palawan provincial government under the
Local Social Integration Program (LSIP) this year.
This was confirmed Wednesday by Abigail Ablaña,
officer-in-charge of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office
(PSWDO) to the Philippine News Agency.
Ablaña said that since 2014 when the LSIP was opened, 16
rebel returnees have benefited with two early in the year.
Before they received PHP25,000 as financial help, she said
each of the returnees underwent thorough background investigation by the
Western Command to ensure that their intention to return to government fold is
sincere, and that they were once members of the leftist movement New People’s
Army (NPA).
Ablaña said the LSIP aims to further encouraged members of
the leftist movement to rejoin the government fold; to assure them that with
the financial help, they can live life with fresh opportunities.
In 2016, she stated that the PSWDO allocated PHP2-million
for rebel returnees – a move that is well-supported by Governor Jose Alvarez.
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