Patin-Ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur – In its quest for continuing peace and the proper rehabilitation of rebel returnees, the provincial government of Agusan del Sur recently distributed financial support for the immediate needs and livelihood assistance packages to 28 former members of New People’s Army (NPA), reported Agusan del Sur Provincial Information Office chief Armando R. Gomez yesterday.
Gomez said each
checks amounting to P65, 000 each, which included P50, 000 for livelihood
assistance and P15, 000.00 as “immediate assistance,” were given to the rebel
returnees, who voluntarily surrendered to the Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion
recently.
Agusan del Sur
Gov. Adolph Edward G. Plaza and provincial director Arleen R. Sanchez of the
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) handed over the check to the
returnees, Gomez said.
Most of these
returnees are residents in far-flung Loreto town and Veruela, both of Agusan
del Sur province.
“The provincial
government, spearheaded by Gov. Plaza, is throwing its full support to the
rebel returnees to make them productive and be a part in our continuing peace
and economic development program in the province,” said Gomez, in an exclusive
interview with Manila Bulletin.
Last March 30,
the provincial government of Agusan del Sur and DILG also handed over P65,000
each to 94 other former rebels as financial assistance while, on May 29, 20
former rebels received P15,000 financial support each during a “Peace Caravan”
in Loreto town.
The
implementation of the financial support to former rebels was in line with the
Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP), based on the Joint Memorandum
Circular (JMC) No. 2014-01 dated May 15, 2014 wherein DILG and the Office of
the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) signed to
institutionalize its implementation for the former New People’s Army (NPA)
rebels.
CLIP seeks to
contribute towards achieving the goal of permanent and peaceful closure of all
armed conflicts with non-state armed groups and aims to facilitate the
mainstreaming of former rebels as productive citizens and to enhance capacities
of local government units and national government agencies in the implementation
and sustainability of the project, added Mr. Gomez.
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