COTABATO CITY – Six communist rebels have surrendered to the military in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao, officials said Sunday.
Officials said the rebels – Rolando, Gilbert and Longking Kanakan, Leo Bakat, Artem Turunan and Biboy Indofo – surrendered to the Army’s 11th Mechanize Company in Ampatuan town. They were under the New People’s Army’s Guerrilla Front 73 and operating in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces.
The military also released photos of the rebels, but blurred all their faces for a still unknown reason.
Officials said if found eligible, the men would be given government aid through the Comprehensive Local Integration Program which provides rebels with P15,000 financial support, another P50,000 for livelihood, and a remuneration for the surrendered firearm with an amount ranging from P12,000 to P210,000 depending on the type of firearms that they turned over to the government
Hundreds of rebels have surrendered since last year to the government and many of them were even presented to President Rodrigo Duterte in Davao City and in Malakanyang. A number of former rebels have also joined the military’s militia unit to help troops guard their communities from NPA attacks.
The NPA has been fighting for decades in an effort to overthrow the democratic government and install a communist state in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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