Bigger bounty awaits active NPA members who surrender with firearms

 

JARO, Leyte---The leadership of the Army’s 19^th Infantry (Commando) Battalion declared that additional Php 32, 000. 00 from the 802^nd Infantry Brigade will be received by every active member of the New Peoples Army who surrenders with firearms.

 

This was emphasized by Lt. Col. Joel Alejandro Nacnac, the commanding officer of 19IB during the awarding of livelihood assistance to seventeen former rebels held at Brgy. Canjandugan, Jaro, Leyte on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

 

Instead of setting bounty to hasten the capture of NPA members, 19IB with its Bayanihan Teams now focused on encouraging rebels in Leyte to surrender.

 

“Now is the time for the other active NPA members to lay down their arms and return to the folds of law because the government seeks nothing but to see NPA members rejoining their family and the community,” Lt. Col. Nacnac said.

 

With this campaign, an NPA rebel who surrenders with high powered firearms may receive as much Php 92, 000.00. This amount includes Php 10,000.00 Basic Immediate Assistance (BIA), Php 50, 000.00 livelihood assistance from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and Php 32, 000.00 to every high powered firearm surrendered

 

As of press time, the military is still negotiating the surrender of some active NPA members in the municipalities of Jaro, Leyte