Go assures former NPA rebels of government support upon reintegration

Senator Bong Go on Tuesday urged members of rebel groups like the New People’s Army to return to the fold of the law as he assured them of government support to start their new lives upon reintegration into the law.

In an interview during the distribution of assistance to displaced workers in Tupi, South Cotabato on June 22, the senator assured rebels who will surrender that he and President Rodrigo Duterte will “warmly welcome” them should they choose to reintegrate themselves into society.

“Ako, bilang inyong Senador at bilang inyong public servant at bilang Pilipino, alam n’yo ayaw ko pong nagpapatayan ang Pilipino kapwa Pilipino. ‘Pag may namamatay na sundalo, sumasakit ang dibdib namin ni Pangulong Duterte,” said Go.

“‘Pag may namamatay na rebelde, sumasakit rin po ang dibdib namin ni Pangulong Duterte,” he added.

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict was created through Executive Order 70 in 2018. It institutionalizes the whole-of-nation approach in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace by creating the NTF-ELCAC and adopting a National Peace Framework.

“Tandaan natin, mayro’n din pong mga pamilya ang mga ‘yan na nasasaktan. Kaya sa mga rebelde, mayro’n naman pong magagandang programa ang ating gobyerno,” assured the enator.

“May pinirmahan na po si Pangulong Duterte to encourage po na magbalik loob na po kayo sa gobyerno. Bibigyan ho kayo ng livelihood, bibigyan ho kayo ng assistance,” Go said.

“Kung sa tingin naman po ninyo na makakatulong po ito sa inyo, magiging tahimik ang inyong buhay,” he added.

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