CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City– The Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) Committee in Region 10 awarded cash benefits to 31 former rebels in a ceremony held in Cagayan de Oro City on Feb. 13.
Checks amounting to P65,000 as livelihood and immediate cash assistance were formally handed over to the former rebels in a ceremony that was participated in by Provincial Legal Officer Niel Pacana who represented E-CLIP committee chair of Misamis Oriental, Gov. Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano, Brigadier General Franco Nemesio M. Gacal of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) representing Usec. Reynaldo B. Mapagu who sits as chairperson of the Task Force Balik-Loob, and Col. Edgardo Y. De Leon, 403rd Brigade commander.
Also present were representatives from partner agencies of Task Force- Balik-Loob, namely: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Philippine National Police (PNP).
From January 2019 to date, a total of 223 ex-rebels have surrendered to the units under the 4th Infantry Division.
They are currently undergoing the E-CLIP process for their benefits.
Some 31 Formers Rebels in Northern Mindanao vow to support the government as they took their oath of allegiance to the government in a ceremony held in Cagayan de Oro on Feb. 13. (Rodolfo D. Mendoza/PIA10)
In his remarks, De Leon appealed to the former rebels and the media present to further disseminate the program to reach the active NPA members in the region for them to avail of the program.
For his part, Atty. Pacana emphasized prioritizing tourism because everything will follow, including development.
“We would like to welcome back our former rebels to the folds of law. We congratulate you for seeing the light and putting your trust back to the government," said Pacana.
Meanwhile, BGen. Gacal discussed “Peaceful War,” the government Whole-of-the Nation Approach (WNA) in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace.
It is an intervention through convergence of efforts in addressing problems of the society particularly in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAS).
“The cycle of CPP-NPA recruitment must be stopped. Hopefully, the assistance of the government to the former rebels will pave way to change their lives for the better and become good examples for their former comrades to go back to mainstream society,” Gacal said. (4ID)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1018801
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