77 ex-NPA rebels in Bukidnon get P4.3M in DILG's E-CLIP aid

 MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon (PIA)—The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) distributed P15,000 each as immediate assistance to 77 former rebels (FRs) as part of its Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) in brief ceremony on November 4 at the 403rd Brigade, Camp Osito Bahian, this city.

Among the FRs, 59 have received additional livelihood assistance worth P50,000 each.

Rhona Pedraza-Abadilla, provincial director of DILG-Bukidnon explained that the E-CLIP is a government program meant to help members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and Militia ng Bayan to restore their allegiance to the Philippine Government. 

“Through E-CLIP, they can be integrated back into the community, be with their families, and start over with their new, normal lives,” Abadilla said.

The DILG-administered event includes the turnover of firearms, release of reintegration assistance, and firearms remuneration.

Col. Ted Dumosmog, 403rd Infantry ‘Peacemaker’ Brigade commander, presided over the ex-rebels Oath of Allegiance and conveyed the government’s efforts to achieve a cohesive, secure, and progressive nation.

He said that the Amnesty Cluster and the Bukidnon Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (BukTF-ELCAC), via the E-CLIP, are always ready to serve and facilitate the aid that the government had pledged to those who returned to the fold.

“To the ‘Friends Rescued’ (former rebels), now is the right time to tell your former comrades that it’s never been too late to make a change in their lives. Please help us in urging them to coexist in peace with their family. May this activity inspire NPA members who want to avail of the government's integration program,” Dumosmog said. (BBTangob/CMO 403rd Bde, 4ID, PA/PIA 10-Bukidnon)

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) distributes a total of P4.337 million to 77 former rebels (FRs) thru the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) assistance, November 4, at the 403rd Brigade, Camp Osito Bahian, Malaybalay City. (BGE/PIA 10-Bukidnon)

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