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611 ex-rebels get P45-M gov't aid since July: DILG

Published Nov 9, 2022 09:46 am

A total of 611 former rebels received P45.79-million in financial and livelihood assistance through the national government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) program since July 2022, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Wednesday, Nov. 9.

In a statement, DILG Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ C. Abalos, Jr. said the E-CLIP grant provided former communist rebels with livelihood, education, housing, medical and other social services crucial to their reintegration in society.

While the budget for cleared barangays was reduced from P20 million to P4 million, Abalos assured the continuity of the projects.

The projects include the construction and rehabilitation of potable water systems, construction of health stations, construction and concreting of farm-to-market roads, rural electrification, construction of school buildings, assistance to indigent individuals or families (such as medical, financial, transportation, burial, and food, or in difficult circumstances, cash for work), livelihood and technical programs, and agricultural projects.

He urged the local government units (LGUs) to coordinate with the national government in “nipping insurgency from the roots by prioritizing programs, projects and activities that are responsive, socially inclusive, and involves the active participation of different sectors to pursue the country’s peace agenda.’’

Abalos cited the institutionalization of the whole-of-nation approach in Executive Order No. 70 as the game changer in addressing the ills of the society including poverty, social inequality, and historical injustice among others.

"Wars are won by the hearts of the people. We need to reframe our focus on viewing insurgency as purely security and military concern into a much broader social, economic concern and injustice," Abalos said in his keynote speech during the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) Summit at Widus Hotel, Clark, Pampanga held recently.

The DILG chief noted that a total of 1,019 completed Support to Barangay Development Projects (SBDP) projects in insurgency-cleared far-flung barangays last year have already made a huge difference in the lives of beneficiaries.

He added that the much-needed infrastructures and social development packages funded by SBDP are those identified by the communities themselves when they crafted their enhanced barangay development programs e-BDPs in priority insurgency-cleared barangays.

"Napapabilis na ang pagdadala ng mga produkto papunta sa mga pamilihan. Sa panahong may medical emergency, may health station na maaasahan sa barangay. Hindi na kakailanganing maglakad ng higit isang oras ang mga bata para makapasok ng paaralan. At matutulungan din ang mga kababaihan at kalalakihan na paunlarin ang kanilang livelihood skills para maka-generate ng mas malaki pang mga kita (The transport of products to markets has speed up. During the medical emergency period, there are health stations that the barangays can depend on. There is no need for the children to walk for more than one hour to go to school. And women and men can also be helped to develop their livelihood skills to generate even greater incomes)," said Abalos.

Abalos said funds have also been released for the implementation of another 1,658 SBDP projects this year which include farm-to-market roads, health stations, school buildings, electrification, livelihood, and various forms of assistance for the beneficiaries.

Because of the active engagement of all sectors of the society in the peace agenda, the DILG chief noted the number of active communist guerilla fronts massively decreased from 89 down to five and that some 3,207 geographically isolated disadvantaged areas (GIDA) have completed the capacity development initiatives of the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP).

The SBDP Summit was organized by the DILG Localization of Executive Order No 70 (LEO 70) Project Management Office (PMO),(SBDP PMO, and DILG Region III.

Around 700 participants joined the event composed of 10 governors, 250 city/municipal mayors, DILG Regional Directors and SBDP beneficiaries nationwide.

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