Expanded anti discrimination ordinance eyed to benefit former rebels

DAVAO CITY, March 24 (PIA)—The Acting City Executive mulls of amending the city ordinance on Anti-Discrimination to include the peace champions or the former rebels who would like to be integrated in the mainstream society.

Acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte bared his plan to talk first to the members 19^th City Council in order to amend the Anti-Discrimination Ordinance during the victory declaration against the communist insurgency in Davao City, five months before the end of the term of the present administration.

He intended to expand the coverage of the anti-discrimination ordinance to former rebels.

“While you are in Davao City, you can assert your right by not being labelled as former rebels when you apply for a job or to just simply live in the city as an ordinary citizen,” Duterte said.

He told the peace champions that by the time they surrendered, they also restored the trust and confidence they earlier lost from the government.

Duterte welcomed the peace champions and prodded on them to contribute to the civil society or to just live in the city.

He said that with the amendment to the Anti-discrimination ordinance, they can complain to the government once they are red-tagged as former NPAs.

Duterte also congratulated the leadership of the 1003^rd Infantry Brigade under the leadership of Brig. General Consolito Yecla for dismantling the sub-regional committees of the Southern Mindanao Revolutionary Committee of the New People’s Army.

“We commend your relentless efforts in sustaining the peace and security in the region, especially with the return to the folds of the law, 78 former rebels. This achievement is a testament to the success of our unceasing campaigns against insurgency and terrorism,” he said.

Duterte also thanked the Philippine Army leadership and men for their unwavering commitment to serve the people as far as security is concerned.

He looked forward that through working together more guerrilla fronts will be dismantled in Mindanao with the joint initiatives to promote peace in Mindanao.

“We implore to our security sector to continue pushing forward to sustain the gains we have achieved,” Duterte stressed. (PIA XI-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines, photo Davao City Information Office)

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