Panayam kay DILG Usec. Margarita Gutierrez
Panayam kay DILG Usec. Margarita Gutierrez
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00:00 You're still busy, Jaan, with DILG and you have a lot to tell us.
00:05 So, we'll ask for an update from you, Jaan.
00:08 You're right, Ninia.
00:10 So, work never stops for us, right?
00:12 DILG Secretary Benjur Abalos supported the Executive Order
00:19 issued by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:22 for the creation of a special committee
00:24 that addresses issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or LGBTQIA+ community.
00:33 According to Secretary Abalos,
00:36 the addition of President's EO No. 51 Series of 2023
00:41 is a brave and successful step
00:44 because it recognizes the need to protect
00:48 and promote the rights of Filipinos
00:51 in all fields of sexuality and sexual orientation.
00:54 As the Vice Chairperson of the Community on Diversity and Inclusion
01:00 under the EO 51,
01:02 DILG will support and promote programs
01:06 that will strengthen the mechanisms
01:09 to address the ongoing discrimination
01:12 experienced by members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
01:16 That's great news for our friends in that community
01:22 for the new year.
01:24 And this is also great news, Yusek Marge,
01:27 because some were elected as new members of the TNP,
01:31 former members of MILF and MMLF.
01:36 Can you tell us the details about this?
01:39 Sure, Ninia.
01:41 About 294 former members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front,
01:46 or MILF,
01:48 and Moro National Liberation Front, or MNLF,
01:51 were formally elected as new members of the Philippine National Police.
01:57 DILG Secretary Benjuer Abalos
02:00 led the oath-taking and turnover ceremony
02:04 of the new police on December 28
02:07 at Camp Pendaton in Parang, Maguindanao del Norte.
02:11 From the 255 men and 39 women
02:17 who were former members of MILF and MNLF,
02:20 they were elected as new police members
02:22 under the Recruitment Program,
02:24 which is in accordance with the Moro Organic Law
02:27 and Peace Agreement of the government of the group.
02:31 The total number of new police members
02:34 will be assigned to the Police Regional Office
02:37 of the Moro Autonomous Region
02:39 to fill the 400 slots
02:42 allocated for the MILF and MNLF Recruitment Program
02:47 for 2023.
02:50 The new police members will be assigned
02:53 to the six-month Field Training Program.
02:55 Secretary Abalos also encouraged
02:57 the new recruits to complete the training program
03:00 and serve as an inspiration to their former comrades
03:04 who helped the Philippine government
03:06 and later Filipinos
03:07 in the pursuit of peace and lasting prosperity.
03:12 The first batch of 102 recruits from MILF and MNLF
03:17 was assigned in August 2023.
03:21 You told us a good news, Usec Marge.
03:24 We just want to show that
03:26 our countrymen can still have second chances
03:30 even if they become rebels.
03:31 Yes, that's true.
03:32 Our government is very supportive,
03:34 especially the PNP,
03:36 to join forces
03:38 to ensure that we will have peace
03:43 for a long time.
03:45 It's a good start for the new year
03:48 because we are showing that they have a new life
03:51 and a new hope for the new Philippines.
03:54 Yes, that's true.