UNITE TO END INSURGENCY. Members of the Peace, Law Enforcement and Development Support (PLEDS) Cluster of the Regional Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) in Western Visayas sign their Implementation Plan at Camp Delgado in Iloilo City on Saturday (Oct. 12, 2019). The plan contains the commitments forged by the cluster members to fight insurgency and gear towards attaining sustainable and lasting peace in the region. (PNA photo by Gail Momblan)
ILOILO CITY -- Members of the Peace, Law Enforcement and Development Support Cluster in Western Visayas have signed their Implementation Plan (Implan) in support of the Regional Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) at Camp Delgado here Saturday.
The co-chairs of the cluster are Gen. Dinoh Dolina, commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, and Brig. Gen. Rene Pamuspusan, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director.
In a press conference after the signing, Pamuspusan said the Implan synchronizes the efforts of peace, law enforcement, and development agencies to address the country’s problem on insurgency.
“The emphasis of the Implan is to really put the coordination of the different law enforcement agencies in our fight against insurgency. There is really coordination (on) how to do our efforts,” he said.
Pamuspusan said the police has been “more aggressive” in its coordination with the Army.
“We have all these training and seminars of our personnel. They were trained by the Armed Forces of the Philippines so that we will know how to get in this fight. We are coordinating so that the PNP will know where to come in, in terms of operation, investigation, and in terms of filing necessary cases against insurgents,” he said.
Dolina said that on Panay Island, Antique had been declared ready for peace and development in 2010 while the island-province of Guimaras “is not affected (by insurgency).”
He assessed, however, that local communist armed conflict still remains a problem in the provinces of Iloilo and Capiz.
“We are concentrating, gearing on the center, ranging from Tapaz (Capiz) to Miag-ao town (Iloilo). We know that these areas are affected,” he said.
Soliciting the support of its cluster's member agencies, Dolina said they target to make Panay insurgency-free by 2020.
“Based on our timeline, we want to make it happen in March 2020,” he said. “Hopefully next year, we will see the fruits of our labor.”
Other signatories to the Implan were Ana Burgos, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples 6 director; Jaime Cabag, Philippine Information Agency 6 director; Commodore Allan Victor dela Vega, Philippine Coast Guard 6 commander; and lawyer Manuel George Jularbal, National Bureau of Investigation 6 director.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1083001
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