AgSur LGU continues to support EO70; 32 FRs receive cash aid
The local government unit (LGU) of La Paz, Agusan del Sur continues its support to the implementation of Executive Order No. 70 by granting cash aid to its Former Rebels (FRs) amounting to P160,000.00 last October 19, 2021. A total of 32 FRs received P5,000.00 each of cash aid from LGU-La Paz, which was intended as a reintegration assistance for all FRs who sincerely abandoned the communist terrorist movement. The said FRs were previous members of the New People’s Army Caraga INFOCUS
(NPA) who voluntarily surrendered to the 26th Infantry (Ever Onward) Battalion of the Philippine Army and La Paz Municipal Police Station through the support and collaboration of the Municipal Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (MTFELCAC) headed by Mayor Michael D. Lim, together with the various concerned line agencies. The EO70 is a government policy on “Institutionalizing the Whole-of a-Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict” in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace in our country
which aims to address the root causes of insurgency to end local armed conflict in the countryside. Mayor Lim said that the LGU-La Paz together with all local government agency is committed to continue their support to the former rebels as mandated by the Executive Order No. 70. It can be recalled that the LGU-La Paz has recently conducted a program orientation to the various People’s Organization (POs) in the municipality that consisted of FRs and local members of the October 16-22, 2021 |
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