Aquino ensures smooth closure pact with Cordillera rebels
Friday, July 22, 2011
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III has directed the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (Opapp) to craft guidelines for the implementation of the closure agreement between the government and the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army (CPLA) and its political wing, the Cordillera Bodong Administration (CBA).
Signed on July 19, 2011, Aquino issued Executive Order (EO) 49 to facilitate the smooth return of CPLA members to the fold of the law and helping them start new lives.
Last July 4, the Chief Executive witnessed the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the Opapp and the CBA-CPLA for the final disposition of the latter’s arms and armed forces and its transformation into a potent socio-economic organization.
“The MOA aims to finalize peace negotiations with the CBA-CPLA as it intends to wind down and close commitments under Administrative Order 18 through the provision of a livelihood program for the rest of the CPLA and put closure to the Mount Data Peace Accord, which was forged between the government and the CPLA 25 years ago,” Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr., who chairs the Security, Justice, and Peace Cabinet Cluster, said Friday.
Ochoa said the order mandates concerned government agencies to implement the closure pact and promote coherent and consistent policies in dealing with the CPLA.
He added that Opapp is directed to establish the guidelines to fully implement the MOA under EO 49, while the Department of National Defense (DND) and the AFP are directed to devise a process that will conclude the implementation of livelihood programs under AO 18 within six months from the effectivity of the executive order.
According to Ochoa, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles is the primary overseer of the implementation of the MOA, while other departments and government-owned and -controlled corporations are enjoined to extend full assistance and cooperation to the Opapp to help it carry out the closure agreement.
Out of the 1,200 CPLA members covered by administrative order, 408 armed members opted not to be integrated into the AFP or Cafgu, and will instead be the beneficiaries of livelihood programs.
The DND, AFP, and the Opapp have been tasked to conduct an appropriate inventory to ensure that all CPLA members covered by AO 18 will be served by the government.
Ochoa said that the final implementation of livelihood programs under AO 18 will be funded by the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana), a convergence framework through which the national government, local government units and multilateral and bilateral agencies will provide assistance to identified conflict-related areas focused on responsible governance, improved delivery of basic services, sustainable development and economic reconstruction, and security sector reforms.
He also said the President stressed that improving the economy of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) was a necessary component of the closure pact.
“The next step after winning the peace is ensuring the prosperity of the area, and the national government will be doing its part to spur economic development in the Cordilleras to provide more opportunities in the region,” Ochoa said.
EO 49 takes effect upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation. (Jill Beltran/Sunnex)
Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/07/22/aquino-ensures-smooth-closure-pact-cordillera-rebels-168433
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