Some 50 illegal drug personalities took oath of undertaking yesterday, March 28, at the municipal gymnasium as the local government of Mawab in Compostela Valley province started its activities for the Oplan Liwanag program.
According to the program’s coordinator Mario Angelo Sotto, Oplan Liwanag is a province-wide community-based transformative intervention program for the voluntary surrenderees for reformation (VSRs).
Sotto said that under the Oplan Liwanag, the VSRs will undergo two months of rehabilitation and reformation activities for the VSRs, which includes a three-day spiritual encounter and session with the surrendered families.
One of the highlights of the program is the testimony of Nabunturan town Councilor Mark Tristan Humol, who was nabbed September last year by the authorities in a raid in a drug den.
Humol appreciated the efforts and the courage of the VSRs to undergo the said program for their family and the community as a whole.
He urged them to throw away their illegal drug apparatus to prevent them from being tempted again to be victims of the illegal drugs.
Meanwhile, Mawab mayor Ruperto Gonzaga III guarantees the VSRs that they will land a job if they will graduate in the program.
He said that those who have skills in driving and proficient in computers will have jobs in the municipal government, while others can improve their skills and get NCII certificates through the program. (PIA-11/Michael Uy)
