A 28-YEAR-OLD alleged member of the New People’s Army (NPA) voluntarily surrendered to the authorities in Carigara, Leyte, after being separated from her family and endured hardship in the mountains, the regional police command in Eastern Visayas said Thursday, September 30, 2021.
The former rebel was identified as Cindy, with a live-in partner, and former education, medical, finance, liaison, intelligence officer, and vice commanding officer of Platoon Caloy Squad.
According to the authorities, the former rebel “longed to be with her family and three children again.”
“She wishes to send them to school and practically to live a simple and normal life,” the regional police command said in the report.
The surrender was made possible through a series of negotiations that started as early as September 10, 2021, by the Regional Mobile Force Battalion-8, Philippine Army’s 802nd Maneuver Company, Leyte Provincial Intelligence Unit, 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company, and the Leyte Police Provincial Office.
The former rebel turned in one caliber 9mm pistol with defaced markings and one magazine assembly loaded with eight live ammunition for the same caliber.
Authorities said they had facilitated her application to avail the national government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program. (SunStar Philippines)