INTERFAITH SERVICE. Catholic priest Clifford Baira of the Archdiocese of Cotabato presides over the ecumenical service for peace and unity inside the Army's 6th Infantry Division (ID) in Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao on Monday (Oct. 21, 2019). The ecumenical service aims to seek guidance from the Almighty for a concerted effort to bring peace to the communities under the 6ID's area of responsibility in Central Mindanao. (Photo courtesy of 6ID)
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao – As part of the founding anniversary of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID), an interfaith thanksgiving service was held at the division’s mini-park here Monday.
Maj. Gen. Diosdado Carreon, 6ID chief, said the ecumenical service was aimed at seeking guidance from the Almighty as the Army division prepares for its 32nd founding anniversary on October 24.
Religious preachers from different religious sectors gathered to grace the event and shared words centered on unity and peace.
Speaking during the service, Carreon urged the religious leaders to help the command to influence other sectors to join in the quest for peace and prosperity, not only in its area of jurisdiction but also in Mindanao and the country, as well.
“Let the whole community and the whole nation work together in solving the problems of peace and security,” he said.
Carreon said the interfaith service, the first in the Army camp, aims to demonstrate unity and harmony among the soldiers of Joint Task Force Central, despite the differences in religious beliefs and practices.
In attendance were Ustadz Ismael, chairman for Da’wah and Masjid Affairs in Cotabato City; Rev. Diane Leen Dizon of the Jesus Christ the Living Spring of Life International Fellowship; Rev. Fr. Clifford L. Baira, DCC, director of the Social Action Center of the Archdiocese of Cotabato;
Rev. Lyndon L. Ladera, senior pastor of the Cotabato City Alliance Evangelical Church; Rev. Pastor Jopito C. Segundo of the Awang Southern Baptist Church; and Minister Generico N. Gamboa, district minister of the Iglesia ni Kristo.
On the same day, Carreon spearheaded the Peace and Development Forum with Heria P. Dalantay of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) – Maguindanao, and 601st Brigade Commander Col. Jose H. Narciso, held at the 601st Infantry (Unifier) Brigade, old capitol compound, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao.
The forum was focused on the Community Support Program-Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (CSP-PCVE) and Executive Order (EO) 70, titled “Institutionalizing the Whole-of-Nation Approach in Attaining Inclusive and Sustainable Peace, Creating a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, and Directing the Adoption of National Peace Framework”.
Present during the event were local chief executives of Maguindanao who vowed to support the implementation of EO 70, issued by President Rodrigo Duterte.
EO 70 institutionalizes a “whole-of-nation” approach aimed to adopt a peace framework to address the root causes of insurgency.
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