DC-Peace targets to start by December with NPA
THE NEWLY-FORMED Davao City-Local Peace Committee (DC-Peace) is targeting to start pursuing localized peace talks with the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) by December.
Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said the city government will provide P65,000 each per surrenderee. “But they should also surrender their firearms to avail of the incentive,” she said.
The City Peace and Order Council (CPOC), headed by Carpio, yesterday approved the grant to rebel returnees who gave up bringing their firearms.
The City Peace and Order Council (CPOC), headed by Carpio, yesterday approved the grant to rebel returnees who gave up bringing their firearms.
In yesterday’s CPOC meeting at Grand Men Seng Hotel, Carpio said the DC-Peace will start having a meeting on Oct. 24 to carve out specific plans of the group.
“They (DC-Peace) should study on what they will specifically do whether they would directly negotiate with the NPA leaders,” Carpio said.
The timeline given for the implementation of the plans of DC-Peace is one year. The committee is chaired by former Judge Ridgway Tanjili with members from the officials of City Social Services and Development Office and City Legal Office.
The city government also tapped Archbishop Romulo Valles to be part of the committee.
M/Gen. Noel Clement, commander of the Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Division, said they needed to talk and discuss with DC-Peace to determine on what the military can do to assist the newly-formed committee and prevent from having plans that would overlap their existing programs.
“They (DC-Peace) should study on what they will specifically do whether they would directly negotiate with the NPA leaders,” Carpio said.
The timeline given for the implementation of the plans of DC-Peace is one year. The committee is chaired by former Judge Ridgway Tanjili with members from the officials of City Social Services and Development Office and City Legal Office.
The city government also tapped Archbishop Romulo Valles to be part of the committee.
M/Gen. Noel Clement, commander of the Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Division, said they needed to talk and discuss with DC-Peace to determine on what the military can do to assist the newly-formed committee and prevent from having plans that would overlap their existing programs.
“We are all in this together in attaining peace,” Clement said.
At present, there is a Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) of the city government and other agencies led by Department of Interior and Local Government to extend assistance to the former rebels.
Each surrenderee, based on CLIP, will be entitled with P50,000 as livelihood assistance and P15,0000 for financial assistance.
The NPA-Southern Mindanao earlier stood by its position that only the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is the negotiating entity.
At present, there is a Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) of the city government and other agencies led by Department of Interior and Local Government to extend assistance to the former rebels.
Each surrenderee, based on CLIP, will be entitled with P50,000 as livelihood assistance and P15,0000 for financial assistance.
The NPA-Southern Mindanao earlier stood by its position that only the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is the negotiating entity.
“Even as we welcome talks initiated by well-intentioned peace advocates and government officials, the NPA in the region stands by its national leadership and the NDFP as the revolutionary movement’s negotiating entity in the peace process,” Rigoberto Sanchez, spokesperson of NPA-Southern Mindanao, said in a statement.
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