“I hope that the cash assistance you received will benefit you and your family in living a new life. You all now serve as a living testament to the government’s sincerity to its mission,” Tongson said in a message delivered by Castro.
Aside from the P10,000.00 cash assistance, these FRs also received food packs and personal kits courtesy of the City Task Force- End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) of Himamaylan.
These provisions will aid them as they gradually start to enjoy a productive life far from what they experienced when they were yet under the deceptive claws of the CPP-NPA, a release from the 303rd IB stated.
Edralin said that the Army, together with the local government units in Negros Occidental, specifically Himamaylan City through the City Task Force ELCAC, hopes that with the cash assistance received by the FRs, whom, according to Edralin have made the right and moral choice to return to the government, and that more active NPAs will avail of the many benefits programmed for them upon their surrender.
“We reiterate our call and an all-time open invitation to those who are still up in the mountains struggling to decide now. Approach us, lay down your arms, return to the folds of the law, and avail the government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP), live a normal, peaceful, and more fulfilled life. A senseless cause and struggle that you are in today will do no good for your family, especially to the future of your children,” Edralin added. (AAL/EAD-PIA6 Negros Occidental)
