Kalinaw News: "Local Peace Engagement Cluster of NOTF-ELCAC Meets Bishop Cortes"

Posted to Kalinaw News (Oct 30, 2020): "Local Peace Engagement Cluster of NOTF-ELCAC Meets Bishop Cortes"

CAMP LEON KILAT, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental – The 302nd Infantry Achiever Brigade Commander, COL LEONARDO I PEÑA (MNSA) PA together with the Local Peace Engagement cluster of NOTF-ELCAC members spearheaded by Provincial Director Johnjoan Mende of DILG met the Diocese of Dumaguete being led by Bishop Julito Cortes pertaining to the efforts on collaboration of the programs to advance peace and security development in the province on October 28, 2020 at the Marian Priest Center, Dumaguete Cathedral Compound, Brgy 3, Dumaguete City, NOR.

During the meeting between the Local Peace Engagement (LPE) cluster and the diocese, important matters were raised and discussed with the diocese, such as the high numbers of extrajudicial killings in the province which had been addressed by PCOL Bryant Demot, Provincial Director of NOPPO. Discussion on the Communist Terrorist Group’s (CTG’s) affecting some areas of the province was also raised which had been the main purpose of the cluster in reaching the diocese to ask for help in solving the problem on Communist terrorism and recruitment.

Bishop Julito Cortes welcomed the idea of helping the NOTF ELCAC in ending the terrorism in the province. The church plays a vital role in solving the problems as they can reach out greatly through the spiritual and moral aspect of the people involved. DILG PD Johnjoan Mende was grateful for the meeting between the cluster and the diocese, as it marks the beginning of a new partnership with the church that can greatly help in ending the problem of terrorism.

The 302nd Infantry Brigade Commander COL PEÑA said, ”this is the reason why we have this NTF-ELCAC, the government recognizes that fighting the Communist terrorist is not the AFP’s mission alone, it is everybody’s shared responsibility. We hope that all sectors will be with us in this fight and will work hand in hand to ultimately end the problem on Communist terrorism that had been plaguing not only the province of Negros Oriental but the entire country as a whole”.

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