Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Carlito G. Galvez Jr. lauded the House of Representatives’ Committees on Justice, and National Defense and Security for the passage of House Concurrent Resolutions granting amnesty to members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa ng Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army/Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPMP-RPA-ABB), and the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG).
Signed by President Duterte on February 5 this year, the proclamations aim to restore the civil and political rights of the groups’ members that were suspended or lost by virtue of criminal conviction.
“We thank the Committee on Justice chaired by Rep. Vicente Veloso III and Committee on National Defense and Security chaired by Rep. Raul Tupas, and all the national government agencies and representatives who supported the passage of these amnesty proclamations. This development bodes well for the comprehensive Philippine peace process as a whole,” Galvez said.
“With the passage of these proclamations, we shall be able to help these former rebels reintegrate themselves into mainstream society as peaceful and productive citizens. This is a realization of the Duterte Administration’s peace and development agenda, which aims to put an end to armed conflict and bring a just and lasting peace to all Filipinos,” he added.
Galvez was among the primary resource persons during the committee deliberations.
“Hopefully those other rebel groups and combatants that were listed and officially profiled by the OPAPP and other security agencies will also benefit from this program. I hope ‘yung amnesty proclamation and the concurrent resolution in the House 12, 13, 14, 15 will be the conclusion of such an agreement,” House Minority Leader Stephen Paduano pointed out.
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Source: Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (peace.gov.ph)
