Kalinaw News: CSP teams deploy as support to TF- ELAC

Posted to Kalinaw News (Mar 16, 2021): CSP teams deploy as support to TF- ELAC



Kuta Heneral Teodulfo Baustista , Jolo, Sulu – A send-off ceremony for Community Support Program (CSP) Teams was held today, March 15, 2020 at Headquarters, 11th Infantry Division, Kuta Heneral Teodulfo Bautista, Jolo, Sulu. The event was presided by JTF-Sulu and 11ID Commander MGen William N Gonzales, March 15, 2021,

Altogether, CSP Teams are composed of 18 Officers and 218 enlisted personnel. They were from 11ID organic units, Joint Task Force – Sulu OpCon units such as Special Forces and 4th Marines Brigade. Some personnel from 1st Infantry Division and 2nd Infantry Division also participated the said event.

Accordingly, MGen Gonzales, just like the deployment of combat units, the placement of CSP Teams can spell the difference between prolonging the agony of the struggle of the Tausug people and finally end terrorism in the province. “These CSP Teams should immerse on the barangays of Patikul and engage with the residents in the barangay affected by ASG. Their aim is to help the Patikul Municipal Task Force in Ending Local Armed Conflict (TF-ELAC) to uncover the deep-rooted, causes of Abu Sayyaf
Group (ASG)’s existence,” said MGen Gonzales.

“Further, the CSP teams should come up with recommendations on how agencies under the umbrella of ELAC can fast-track the development in the poorest of the poor communities. Places wherein the population is most vulnerable to ASG’s exploitation,” he added.

The CSP Teams underwent a 45-day training covering several subjects that will equip them as to how to connect to the people including public speaking and cultural sensitivity. The Teams are set to pay courtesy to Local Chief Executives (LCE’s) who are also the Chairperson of ELAC’s on their respective areas.

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