links: http://www.afp.mil.ph/index.php/8-afp-news/685-more-npas-surrender-in-2019-due-to-starvation-and-fear-2
CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The
Armed Forces of the Philippine’s (AFP) support to the
Enhanced-Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) of the
government is still in full swing to ensure that former members of the
communist terrorist group CPP-NPA will have a holistic package of
benefits that they can avail of such as, but not limited to, livelihood
assistance, medical assistance, education, housing, and legal
assistance.
Just last 03 March 2019, a certain Jobert Buenaflor alias Toto voluntarily surrendered to the troops of 39th Infantry
Battalion, Philippine Army in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat. He also
revealed an arms cache located in Tulunan, Cotabato where the 39IB
troops recovered the following: one M60 machine gun; one Garand rifle;
one M16 rifle; and four barrels of M14 rifles.
Moreover, a total of 25 NPA members who used to operate in Negros Occidental surrendered to the 23rd Infantry
Battalion on 02 March 2019. Surrenderees turned over three M16 rifles;
one M14 rifle; four Garand rifles; 12 Cal .45 pistols; one Cal .22 with
scope; four gauge shotguns; and two 9mm Uzis.
“We hope that more members of this group
realize that they are fighting for a lost cause, and we call on those
remaining members to avail of the E-CLIP and come back to their families
to live a free and peaceful life away from violence,” Col. Noel
Detoyato, Chief, Public Affairs Office AFP said.
In the first two months of 2019, there
were already a total of 608 CPP-NPA members and supporters who
surrendered to government troops, 107 of them were regular armed
members, 137 are Milisyang Bayan, and 364 are mass supporters.
The reintegration assistance is in
support to the receiving unit to which the rebels surrendered. These
units spend money for the former rebels’ daily meals, mobility,
identification cards, papers, and other basic expenses.
The AFP also helps provide protection to
hundreds of E-CLIP beneficiaries from their former cadres who might
hurt them and deprive them of this opportunity to be with the mainstream
society again.
“These actions manifest the sincerity
and the desire of the government to eradicate communist terrorism
through peaceful means,” Col. Detoyato added.
“We hope to receive more rebels who want
to return to the folds of the law rather than the casualties we record
daily in the bloody battlefield.” he added.
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