First Presidential Daughter Davao City Mayor Sara
Duterte-Carpio is again extending the olive branch to the members of the New
People’s Army (NPA) for them to surrender to the government if they want to see
the changes they wanted to achieve in their armed struggle.
During the presentation of the rebel surrenderers and their
firearms Mayor Sara reiterated said she was inspired by the story of one of the
surrenderers, “Marikit” (not her real name), one of the 11 former NPA fighters
who were presented to the mayor by the Army’s 1003rd Infantry Brigade (1003IB).
“I hope you, Marikit, and your former comrades,
would help me tell the rebels that if they wanted real change, they have to
work and be with the government,” Mayor Sara said.
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Six of the surrenderers belong to the
indigenous peoples (IP) group, who turned over 34 firearms and four improvised
explosive devices (IEDs).
“The real struggle is not in the hills, but it
is running the government. I realized in my nine years as a mayor when someone
I knew died in the struggle. It was a great loss. They passed without
experiencing real change,” Duterte said.
She also urged the surrenderers to help stop
the NPA’s recruitment of minors and young people.
“This is because the child should be learning
inside the school which is run by the Department of Education (DepEd) and not
in the institutions teaching them to become anti-government,” she said.
The mayor assured the former rebels would
receive government assistance, such as the aid packages provided under the
Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP).
“Whatever
gaps which the ECLIP cannot address, the city government will process and
extend the assistance they further needed,” she said.
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