PEACE AND SECURITY TEAM. Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, addresses the former MILF combatants who completed Tuesday, (Aug. 27, 2019) a month-long basic military training at the Army's 602nd Infantry Brigade headquarters in Carmen, North Cotabato. They will become members of the Joint Peace and Security Team in the Bangsamoro Region.(Photo courtesy of Westmincom Public Information Office)
Two-hundred nineteen former Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (MILF-BIAF) members are now ready to be deployed to become part of the Joint Peace and Security Team (JPST) of the Bangsamoro Region.
Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, said this was made possible after they graduated Tuesday in a month-long basic military training at Camp Lucero that houses the Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade headquarters in Barangay Nasapian, Carmen, North Cotabato.
Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, said this was made possible after they graduated Tuesday in a month-long basic military training at Camp Lucero that houses the Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade headquarters in Barangay Nasapian, Carmen, North Cotabato.
Sobejana said the training aims to equip the former MILF combatants to become competent peacekeeping forces prior to their deployment at the six identified MILF camps on Sept. 7 as part of the peace accord between the government and the MILF.
He said the former rebels will form part of the team composed of government forces that will operate against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a breakaway faction of the MILF.
“The deployment (of the JPST) will significantly reduce the maneuver space of the BIFF,” he said in an interview with the Philippine New Agency.
During the graduation Tuesday, Sobejana reminded the former MILF combatants not to be deceived by others “who chose to still take the wrong path.”
“You are trained to become more resilient and capable of performing your duties and responsibilities as part of the security forces,” he told the former MILF combatants, as he encouraged them to be part of the foundation of a just and lasting peace along with sustainable progress in the Bangsamoro Region.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078913
He said the former rebels will form part of the team composed of government forces that will operate against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a breakaway faction of the MILF.
“The deployment (of the JPST) will significantly reduce the maneuver space of the BIFF,” he said in an interview with the Philippine New Agency.
During the graduation Tuesday, Sobejana reminded the former MILF combatants not to be deceived by others “who chose to still take the wrong path.”
“You are trained to become more resilient and capable of performing your duties and responsibilities as part of the security forces,” he told the former MILF combatants, as he encouraged them to be part of the foundation of a just and lasting peace along with sustainable progress in the Bangsamoro Region.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1078913
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