The Philippine Army will soon declare Leyte as
insurgency-free, the third province in Eastern Visayas
free from threats of armed communist rebels.
Under the Army’s 8th Infantry Division’s timeline, the
target is to declare Leyte province as
peaceful, stable internal security condition or insurgency-free on June 30.
The current status of the province is an indicator that the
root causes of conflict were appropriately addressed, said Major Gen. Jet
Velarmino, commander of the 8th Infantry Division.
“Winning the peace on the ground was made possible by the
strengthened collaboration among various stakeholders for peace and
development, and the improved capacities of a strengthened constituency,”
Velarmino said.
Currently, Eastern Visayas has two declared insurgency-free
province - Southern Leyte and Biliran.
The three provinces in Samar Island
The Army has resumed the assessment of provinces, cities and
towns to find out if some areas are insurgency-free after performing election
duties.
They temporarily stopped the assessment and declaration of
areas at the height of election period this year.
“We have timeline for that, but due to the elections, we
opted to set it aside and now we will resume it starting with Leyte ,”
Velarmino said.
Declaring an area as insurgency-free is beneficial to the
locality as this will attract investors that would result to economic growth.
Although handling the peace and order management job will be
turned over to the local government and the Philippine National Police for
“insurgency-free” areas, military presence is still assured, according to
Velarmino.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=892914
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