Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos on Wednesday mentioned the federal government is eyeing to disband extra personal armed teams (PAGs) within the nation.
The authorities’s program on the disbandment of PAGs is being carried out via the safety element of the normalization observe underneath the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro signed between the Philippine authorities and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2014.
“Itong DPAGS natin dito ngayon ay concentrated sa Mindanao because of the peace process that is why kami ni Defense Secretary Carlito Galvez kinausap namin ang mahal na Pangulo na baka pwedeng i-expand natin ito in areas to be determined na prevalent ang mga areas na ito sa presence ng mga DPAGS as determined by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),” Abalos mentioned.
(Our DPAGS right here at this time are concentrated in Mindanao due to the peace course of that’s the reason Galvez and I talked to the President that possibly we will develop it in areas to be decided that these areas are prevalent in presence of DPAGS as decided by the PNP and AFP.)
“There should be a mechanism, hindi naman lahat buong Pilipinas, pero idedetermine lang dahil once you do that ang ganda ng epekto. Nakita naman dito eh,” he added.
(There must be a mechanism, not the whole Philippines. The areas can be decided as a result of when you do this, the impact is sweet. It was seen right here.)
The National Task Force for the Disbandment of Private Armed Groups has dismantled at the least six personal armed teams in Western Mindanao, based mostly on the duty pressure’s newest knowledge.
Last December 2021, the nationwide process pressure disbanded 14 teams working within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Region 12.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
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