ILOILO CITY, March 11 (PIA6) - - Philippine Army's 301st Infantry Brigade Commander Col. Marion Sison stressed the important role of local chief executives in the ongoing implementation of the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) in the province of Iloilo.
Sison said on Monday, during the meeting of the Iloilo Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) here, that RCSP strengthened the Community Support Program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that aims to provide developmental interventions to address the issues identified by the barangays.
Citing Memorandum Circular 2019-169 issued by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Sison said local chief executives are mandated to spearhead the implementation of the RCSP, a means to attain the objectives of Executive Order No. 70 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte which institutionalizes the whole-of-nation approach in ending local communist armed conflict.
“RCSP is the best instrument for us na linisin, alisin ang lason sa lipunan, ang mga bandidong komunistang terorista,” said Sison.
Through DILG MC 2019-169, local chief executives were mandated to spearhead all RCSP initiatives by engaging the community to collaborate and co-create with their local government the developments and solutions to local issues as well as foster convergence and collaboration among various government institutions, civilian and uniformed, as well as non-government players such as local Civil Society Organizations, People’s Organization, the Business and all sectors of the society.
Based on the DILG - Iloilo data, around 49 barangays in the province of Iloilo are targets for RCSP implementation. These barangays are affected by insurgency.
As of Monday, March 9, some six barangays have already completed the conduct of their immersion activities.
These barangays are Boloc in Tubungan town, Lico in Alimodian; Trangka in Maasin, Atimonan in Janiuay, and Marandia and Supanga in Calinog.
RCSP is implemented in four phases that include organization of the RCSP Team and Core Team; identification of governance gaps and development interventions; implementation of priority programs and projects identified by the community; empowerment of communities, strengthening of barangay based-institutions and capacity of barangay in the crafting of Barangay Development Plan; and mobilization, hand-over and sustainability.
The Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police were tasked to conduct the clearing operations before the RCSP Teams can conduct their immersions in the target barangays. (JSC/laf/PIA6-Iloilo)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1036027
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