AID FOR EX-REBELS. Zamboanga del Norte Gov. Roberto Uy (4th from left), chairperson of the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, leads the distribution of financial aid to 20 former communist New People's Army rebels in Dipolog City. Each former rebel receives PHP65,000 financial assistance for a total of PHP1.3 million. (Photo courtesy of the Army's 1st Infantry Division)
ZAMBOANGA CITY--The Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) has released PHP1.3 million aid to 20 former communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the province.
The Army's 1st Infantry Division said in a statement Thursday that financial aid was released through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) during the meeting of the task force Tuesday in Dipolog City.
It said that each of the former rebels received PHP65,000 as immediate cash assistance and livelihood assistance.
“The provincial government will continue to assist our former rebels in their reintegration to their respective communities,” Gov. Roberto Uy, provincial E-CLIP chairperson, was quoted as saying.
“As the chairperson of the PTF-ELCAC, we are also committed and focused on ensuring the delivery of basic services and addressing the root causes of insurgency in the priority target barangays of the province,” Uy added.
The First Infantry Division said that the former rebels will also undergo a livelihood training program from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
“I am very thankful to our soldiers and the government for the assistance given to us, former rebels, who returned to the folds of the law,” the 1ID quoted one of the former NPA rebels as saying in the dialect.
“We would like to send a message to the remaining members of the CPP-NPA Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army) terrorists, your former comrades are the living testaments of the sincerity of the government in attaining just and lasting peace in the country,” said Colonel Leonel Nicolas, 102nd Infantry Brigade commander, as he enticed the remaining NPAs to surrender.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Generoso Ponio, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, thanked the different stakeholders and partners in the implementation of E-CLIP in Zamboanga del Norte.
“The interplay of the different stakeholders in this campaign anchored in achieving peace and development shows the paradigm shift of our nation's approach from purely military to Whole-of-Nation,” Ponio said.
“Inasmuch as we value the lives of the people we protect, we also aim to save as many victims of deception and exploitation by the communists NPA rebels,” Ponio added.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1105659
The Army's 1st Infantry Division said in a statement Thursday that financial aid was released through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) during the meeting of the task force Tuesday in Dipolog City.
It said that each of the former rebels received PHP65,000 as immediate cash assistance and livelihood assistance.
“The provincial government will continue to assist our former rebels in their reintegration to their respective communities,” Gov. Roberto Uy, provincial E-CLIP chairperson, was quoted as saying.
“As the chairperson of the PTF-ELCAC, we are also committed and focused on ensuring the delivery of basic services and addressing the root causes of insurgency in the priority target barangays of the province,” Uy added.
The First Infantry Division said that the former rebels will also undergo a livelihood training program from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
“I am very thankful to our soldiers and the government for the assistance given to us, former rebels, who returned to the folds of the law,” the 1ID quoted one of the former NPA rebels as saying in the dialect.
“We would like to send a message to the remaining members of the CPP-NPA Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army) terrorists, your former comrades are the living testaments of the sincerity of the government in attaining just and lasting peace in the country,” said Colonel Leonel Nicolas, 102nd Infantry Brigade commander, as he enticed the remaining NPAs to surrender.
Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Generoso Ponio, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, thanked the different stakeholders and partners in the implementation of E-CLIP in Zamboanga del Norte.
“The interplay of the different stakeholders in this campaign anchored in achieving peace and development shows the paradigm shift of our nation's approach from purely military to Whole-of-Nation,” Ponio said.
“Inasmuch as we value the lives of the people we protect, we also aim to save as many victims of deception and exploitation by the communists NPA rebels,” Ponio added.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1105659
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