CAMP MANUEL YAN, Mawab, Compostela Valley, June 19 (PIA) Two rebels surrendered to the authorities on the day their comrades abducted five members of a peace and development Team under the 60th Infantry Battalion in Paquibato District, Davao City last Monday.
Lt. Colonel Llewelyn Binasoy, commanding officer of the 60th IB based in Asuncion, Davao del Norte identified the latest surrenderees as Dante Galang and Jormie Andoy of the Pulang Bagani Command 4 of the sub-regional guerrilla unit of the Southern Mindanao Region Committee.
He said Galang and Jormie decided to surrender, realizing the hardships and lack of future in the armed struggle.
Binasoy said the latest surrenderees learned the lies in promises of their leaders to change the society and detested the occasions when they inflicted sufferings to innocent civilians instead of helping the community.
“I am happy to receive them in our camp. They made the right decision. Their return to the folds of the law only reflects that the communist ideology is a dead ideology with its members already demoralized,” he said.
Binasoy assured that the surrenderees will be treated well and will undergo evaluation before putting them under the Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP), a mechanism set up by government to assist former rebels who want to have the chance to avail livelihood opportunities and live a normal life in peace with their families. (PIA XI-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)
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