MAASIN CITY -- Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Marivel C. Sacendoncillo has called for a convergence of local and national governments to address insurgency problem not only in the province but at the regional and national level as well.
The call was made during the recent recognition and stakeholders forum to end the local communist armed conflict (ELCAC) in connection with the local government month celebration.
“The key to the solution of this conflict is the local government, by way of responding to legitimate issues at the local level and by way of bringing people together to address these issues and by these we can bring back the confidence and trust of the people to the government,” the lady Usec said.
She said,“There is no issue that cannot be solved by the government and the key to the solution of this conflict is the local government.”
“This is not a fight against anyone, but this is about winning unity and winning prosperity for the Filipinos without firing a single shot,” she said referring to solve the battle through good governance wherein the local government is at the forefront.
She said that good governance is a responsibility of the whole community wherein we can bring back the confidence and trust of the people, because after all, “we are all Filipinos.”
Sacendoncillo who was the guest speaker during the activity held at Lourdes Convention Center.
“A programmatic approach from the national line agencies must be followed like a chain.”
She demonstrated an example such as a lot, if it is needed at the barangay level, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will come in and so with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR); then afterward the Department of Agriculture will support for their agricultural needs or livelihood training with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) or with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) or Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for educational needs.
“These agencies are only some of those that can assist the barangay constituents so that they will not feel that they are left behind,” Sacendoncillo said.
The convergence of the local and national government should come in to ensure that the communities will also be safeguarded and will no longer be infiltrated, she said.
The leaders of the National Task Force on ELCAC is confident that it will succeed, “by putting our minds and hearts together and hoping that the government will be able to end this before President Duterte’s term ends.”
She was grateful for Southern Leyte because there are no identified communist rebels, “the effects of insurgency cannot be determined since the province is not yet free from recruitment. ” (rgc/PIA8-SoLeyte)
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