Isulan, Sultan Kudarat – In a bid to respond to issues affecting peace and order in Mindanao, the Mindanao cluster of the Regional Peace and Order Councils (RPOC), comprising of council chairpersons and vice-chairpersons, held its first meeting this year last Wednesday at the Sultan Kudarat Provincial Capitol in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.
Major concerns have been discussed in the meeting including illegal drugs, illegal gambling, terrorism, and insurgency.
The meeting was presided by Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueño and was also attended by Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm).
Secretary Sueño said the RPOC meeting was aimed at synchronizing measures on how to restrain criminality, or any issue that affects the peace and order situation in Mindanao.
Sultan Pax Manguda-datu, Al Haj, provincial governor of host province Sultan Kudarat and chairperson of the RPOC 12, delivered the welcome remarks during the opening of the meeting.
The RPOC chairpersons presented the security situations in their respective regions based on reports from local officials specifically on illegal drugs, illegal gambling, terrorism, and insurgency.
“We want to provide safe and secure atmosphere that is conducive to the region’s residents and investors,” Gov. Hataman said. The governor took his oath of office as the RPOC chairperson before President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang in January this year.
Aside from the Armm, other regions in the Minda-nao RPOC cluster are Regions 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula); 10 (northern Min-danao); 11 (Davao Region); 12 (Soccskargen); and 13 (Caraga).
Resource persons from the National Police and the Armed Forces also presented the current peace and order situation on the island as per reports from their field units. Supt. Ireneo Dalogdog talked on illegal drugs and criminality while Maj. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., Western Mindanao Command, discussed insurgency.
The RPOC plays a vital role in maintaining peace and order in every region in the country and keeps the members abreast of the prevailing conditions, issues, and concerns affecting the peace and order in their respective areas of jurisdiction. (armm bpi)
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