LA TRINDAD, Benguet, Sept. 10(PIA) -- The Police Regional Office-Cordillera presented three communist terrorist group(CTG) members who surrendered to the folds of the law at the Camp Bado Dangwa here on Sept. 7.
PRO-Cor Regional Intelligence Division Chief PCol. Reynaldo Pasiwen identified the former rebels thru their aliases as Ka Alice, Ka Benjie and Ka Jimmy. They decided to leave the underground movement due to severe pressure from focused operations and the hardship of always being on the run, and realizing that they are fighting for a senseless war against their fellow Cordillerans.
PRO-Cor officials inspect the firearms turned over by the three CTGs who surrendered to government authorities recently. RMC PIA-CAR
The three FRs shared their experiences when they were recruited and operated as New Peoples Army members.
Ka Alice said she was enticed by the Mountain Province Youth Alliance while studying at the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College in 2018. She joined the armed revolution and served as Assistant Medic and Logistic Officer under the Kilusang Larangang Guerilla (KLG) Ampis operating in the tri-boundaries of Mountain Province, Ilocos Sur and Abra.
She said that she decided to pursue a quiet life in the province due to the hardship she experienced in the movement.
Ka Benjie said that he was recruited by the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), a front organization, to join the NPA when he was still in high school in 2007. When he dropped out of school and attended a “Cordillera Day” celebration in Tucucan, Mountain Province, he met CPA members who enticed him to join the movement and acquire free education.
As a political instructor of KLG MARCO operating in Mt Province and Kalinga particularly in Sagada, Bontoc and Tinglayan, his function was to entice young people in the far-flung communities who do not attend school to join the NPA to get free education.
As he engaged the community, however, he learned about the programs of the government which help people like him to return to the folds of the law. This made him realize that there is still hope of having a bright future in mainstream society.
Ka Jimmy also shared that he was recruited and indoctrinated into the communist front under the KLG Baggas at the age of 12. In 2012. He later became a full time NPA member and completed the NPA advance course “Batayang Kursong Pangmilitar” especially trained on explosives by an instructor from Mindanao.
At his young age, he said he was exposed in the battlefield and have witnessed the killing of men from both sides. Realizing that the revolution would lead to nowhere, he decided to surrender to live peacefully and attend to the needs of his family.
Ka Benjie and Ka Alice turned over their M1 US Cal. 30 Carbine rifles to PCol. Pasiwen and PRO-Cor Deputy Regional Director for Administration PCol. Lawrence Coop and witnessed by Regional Director BGen. R'win Pagkalinawan and the rest of the command group.
The surrender of the CTG members is the outcome of the intensified operations by the PNP and concerted efforts of the intelligence operatives of PRO-Cor, the Benguet Provincial Police Office with the support and intercession of their relatives.
Pasiwen encouraged the former rebels to encourage more members of the CTG to surrender, avail of the support being given by the government, and live a new and peaceful life.
Pagkalinawan said the three will be processed under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) in order to receive welfare assistance, livelihood assistance, and incentives for the surrendered firearms. (JDP/RMC- PIA CAR)
The three FRs shared their experiences when they were recruited and operated as New Peoples Army members.
Ka Alice said she was enticed by the Mountain Province Youth Alliance while studying at the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College in 2018. She joined the armed revolution and served as Assistant Medic and Logistic Officer under the Kilusang Larangang Guerilla (KLG) Ampis operating in the tri-boundaries of Mountain Province, Ilocos Sur and Abra.
She said that she decided to pursue a quiet life in the province due to the hardship she experienced in the movement.
Ka Benjie said that he was recruited by the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), a front organization, to join the NPA when he was still in high school in 2007. When he dropped out of school and attended a “Cordillera Day” celebration in Tucucan, Mountain Province, he met CPA members who enticed him to join the movement and acquire free education.
As a political instructor of KLG MARCO operating in Mt Province and Kalinga particularly in Sagada, Bontoc and Tinglayan, his function was to entice young people in the far-flung communities who do not attend school to join the NPA to get free education.
As he engaged the community, however, he learned about the programs of the government which help people like him to return to the folds of the law. This made him realize that there is still hope of having a bright future in mainstream society.
Ka Jimmy also shared that he was recruited and indoctrinated into the communist front under the KLG Baggas at the age of 12. In 2012. He later became a full time NPA member and completed the NPA advance course “Batayang Kursong Pangmilitar” especially trained on explosives by an instructor from Mindanao.
At his young age, he said he was exposed in the battlefield and have witnessed the killing of men from both sides. Realizing that the revolution would lead to nowhere, he decided to surrender to live peacefully and attend to the needs of his family.
Ka Benjie and Ka Alice turned over their M1 US Cal. 30 Carbine rifles to PCol. Pasiwen and PRO-Cor Deputy Regional Director for Administration PCol. Lawrence Coop and witnessed by Regional Director BGen. R'win Pagkalinawan and the rest of the command group.
The surrender of the CTG members is the outcome of the intensified operations by the PNP and concerted efforts of the intelligence operatives of PRO-Cor, the Benguet Provincial Police Office with the support and intercession of their relatives.
Pasiwen encouraged the former rebels to encourage more members of the CTG to surrender, avail of the support being given by the government, and live a new and peaceful life.
Pagkalinawan said the three will be processed under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) in order to receive welfare assistance, livelihood assistance, and incentives for the surrendered firearms. (JDP/RMC- PIA CAR)
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