SECURITY BOOST. Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi leads the turnover of 130 paramilitary troops to Task Force Kutawato on Saturday (Aug. 3, 2019). Members of the Special Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit Active Auxiliary will augment the efforts to maintain the city’s peace and order. (Courtesy of Cotabato City government)
COTABATO CITY -- Peacekeeping in this city got a big boost following the turnover on Saturday of 130 newly-trained paramilitary troops tasked to help in maintaining law and order.
City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi welcomed 130 members of the Special Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit Active Auxiliary (SCAA) who were turned over by Maj. Gen. Diosdado Carreon, Army’s 6th Infantry Division commander, to the supervision and control of Joint Task Force Kutawato commander, Col. Joel Abregana.
She said the paramilitary troops will be deployed to various villages in the city, especially along border barangays of Maguindanao, to prevent extremists and other lawless elements from entering the city.
Guiani-Sayadi said additional 63 paramilitary troops will join the 6th Infantry Division training camp and will be added to the forces securing the city once they completed the course.
She urged the force multipliers to perform their duties as expected of them.
“You will be there not to protect anyone or anybody but everybody, your loyalty should be to the people and not to any politician or anyone,” she told the militiamen.
Cotabato City, which is the provisional seat of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), is home to about 300,000 inhabitants secured by the 500-strong Army’s Special Forces Battalion, 300 police officers and paramilitary troops.
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