Mindanaotoday.com | DILG gives out P4.3 M to ex-rebels in Bukidnon
CAMP OSITO D BAHIAN, Malaybalay City – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) awarded a total of P4.337 million to 77 former rebels (FRs) through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) at the 403rd Brigade covered court, Camp Osito D Bahian, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, on November 04, 2022
The program highlights the following; turnover of firearms, release of livelihood assistance, immediate assistance, reintegration assistance and firearm remuneration also part of it is the Oath of Allegiance of Former Rebels to the Government led by Col. Ted Dumosmog, acting commander of the 403rd Infantry Brigade.
In his message, lawyer Romuel Roque, representing Bukidnon Gov. Oneil Roque, said: “In behalf of the Local Government of Bukidnon we are thankful and happy that you’ve return to the folds of the law. This significant activity is a proof that the government did not forget to help those individual who’s in need. It’s been decades, since this insurgency started and today I did not see any reason that we, brothers and sisters, fought its other for the sake of belief and dignity.”
“The Bukidnon Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (Buk-TFELCAC) through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) and Amnesty Cluster will always be at your service to facilitate the assistance that the government had promised to those who returned to the folds of the law. May this activity serve as an inspiration to those NPA members who want to avail the government’s integration program,” Dumosmog said.
“To the Friends Rescued (Former Rebels), now is the right time to tell your former comrades that it’s never too late to change their life. Help us to enjoin them to live in peace together with their family,” he added. (PR | 403rd Brigade)
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