With other speakers, LtCol. Reymondo Delgado answered questions thrown by the attendees during the open forum segment of the Multi-Sectoral Peace Forum.
By 19th Infantry Battalion, 8ID PA
October 10, 2015
The forum which was held Saturday, September 19 at the
Gymnasium of Sto. Niño College of Ormoc was also graced by competent resource
speakers from Ormoc City Government, Ormoc City Police Office and from the
Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council.
Lieutenant Prolen Bonacua, Civil Military Operations Officer
of 19IB said the activity was launched to raise awareness on the significance
of sustained peace in the society as the National Peace Consciousness Month is
being celebrated this September.
“It is imperative that in this generation, people gets clear
information on what the government agencies are doing on issues relative to
peace and security”, Bonacua said.
During the three-hour forum, participants were presented
with lectures and audio-visual presentations on the peace initiatives of
agencies in attendance. They were likewise given chance to throw questions to
the resource speakers during the Open Forum segment of the program.
Among those who spoke during the forum was Lt. Col. Reymondo
Delgado, Acting Commanding Officer of 19IB who stressed in his lecture two
strategic approaches to attain a peaceful society.
The said approaches were namely; whole-of-nation approach
and the people-centered approach which were stipulated in his presentation
entitled: “Bayanihan as Catalyst of a Peaceful Society”.
Relatively, Superintendent Ibrahim Jambiran, Chief, Police
Community Relations of Ormoc City Police Office focused his discussion on the
“Effectiveness of Community Policing and Anti-Illegal Drug Operations”.
Ormoc City Mayor Edward Codilla, who has earlier expressed
his support in the initiation of the said forum, also presented his assigned
topic on “LGUs Role in Keeping the Peace in Ormoc City
A representative from the Eastern Visayas Regional
Development Council, Mr. Leo Christian Lauzon likewise spoke on the topic:
“Peace Advocates of the Modern Society”.
Delgado maintained that the 19th Infantry Battalion, in
support to the Internal Peace and Security Plan “Bayanihan” is firm in its
campaign of winning the peace rather than winning the war.
“We call on the remnants of the New Peoples Army to
peacefully surrender and return to folds of law as taking up arms against the
government is no longer significant nowadays”, Delgado concluded.
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