Three former members of the New People’s Army have received
financial assistance of Php50,000 each for their livelihood from the Office of
the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).
Department of Interior and Local Government Iloilo
Provincial Director Teodora Sumagaysay, who facilitated the turnover of checks,
said that the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) is designed to
help former rebels as they decide to go back to the mainstream of society.
Former rebels are given the amount so they would have
something to use for their fresh start and livelihood.
Previously, the OPAPP turned over checks to two
beneficiaries with three more on process.
Former rebels before they are given assistance though are
being background checked if indeed they are genuine rebels.
Those that received assistance today are from Tubungan. One,
who joined the rebel group while he was yet 13 years old in 1999, has already
two children with his former rebel wife who’s also a recipient of CLIP and his
brother in law.
The office of Iloilo Provincial Social Welfare and
Development Office headed by Dr. Neneth Pador through the Municipal Social
Welfare and Development Office will do the monitoring on the livelihood
projects of the rebel returnees.
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