NPA members
surrender to 20IB
By DPAO, 8ID PA
September 27, 2013
CAMP LUKBAN, Catbalogan City
Samar – A certain Jayson Francisco Lucban, alias Bunso/Jay, and
Rosemarie Moreno Cadajas, alias LJ/Aira/Ai-Ai, Squad leader and member
of the NPA Regional Strike Force, voluntarily surrendered to Lt Col
Rey Anthony M Tumaliuan, Commanding Officer of 20th Infantry Battalion
based at Barangay Magsaysay, Lope de Vega, Northern Samar on September
25, 2013.
During the initial interview
conducted, the duo said that they decided to renounce their membership
as NPAs because of the current government programs intended for former
rebels.
Under the Comprehensive
Local Integration Program of the Office of the Presidential Assistant
for Peace Process (OPAPP), the two (2) surrenderees will receive
P50,000 livelihood assistance and P15,000 immediate assistance. They
will also receive another cash reward in exchange for whatever firearm
they will surrender under the AFP Guns for Peace. In addition, they
are also entitled to receive livelihood package from LGUs where they
reside.
The relentless 8ID combat
operations and Bayanihan Team Activities have triggered the surrender
of NPA members causing demoralization among NPA ranks in the region
with more NPA insurgents expected to surrender.
Brigadier General Jet B.
Velarmino AFP, Commander of 8th Infantry Division said, “We welcome
the return to the mainstream of the two (2) NPA members. These two
former rebels will be provided financial and livelihood assistance as
programmed by the government to make their reintegration in the
mainstream easier. We also assure the security and well-being of
everyone who will lay down his arms in the spirit of IPSP “Bayanihan”
so that lasting Peace and sustainable development in Eastern Visayas
will be attained.”
