It was a long time armed struggles of more than a hundred of MILF Insurgents received farming assistance and livestock from the Office of the Presidential Peace adviser on the Peace Process(OPAPP) In Camp Darapanan in Cotabato City last Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Jacob Palao, a 65 years old MILF insurgents and farmer who considered himself that he would never catch a glimpse of ending the armed struggle.
The project was made possible to help to push through the peaceful negotiations between the rebel group and the government and was battered and finished last 2014. Palao claims that the farming assistance will be a big help in shifting their lives to normal. Palao said
" at my age, I never expected that carrying guns in the name of struggle would end,"
He added
" I can now live peacefully with my family, its unlike in the past when I could not tell whether I would come home alive or not."The total quantity of the help distributed with the MILF members are the following: 103 Carabaos, 83 cattle head, goats, rice and corn seeds, rubber and fruit seedlings, and fertilizers.
The Agriculture Undersecretary Ranibai Dilangalen was immediately indicating that the fast process was all part of President Duterte's commitment to have peace with the Moro Rebel Forces who granted the expansion of the autonomous region. The government also expressed that what is different about this negotiation is that will be beneficial for the whole communities and not only to one person. Dilangalen said
"We are looking at changes and these are not just giving and receiving. This is about making a social change not only with the decommissioned combatants but also their communities."
Source: Trending News Portal,Inquirer.net
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