CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA)–Outgoing 4ID commander, MGen. Andres Centino, recently met with the members of the technical working group of the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF ELCAC)-10, as he bade goodbye to assume as the new chief of the Philippine Army.
“I call for this special meeting for RTF TWG to discuss important matters, recommendations or suggestions, as I relinquish my post as chair of the TWG,” said outgoing RTF ELCAC-TWG chairperson MGen. Andres Centino.
Centino expressed his gratitude to each member for his/her contribution to the success of the ELCAC programs in the region during his term. He also calls for continuous cooperation with a whole-of-nation approach for human and economic development.
“The government is on the brink of ending insurgents. We have gained headway because we have done so much convergence efforts not just in the security sector. This is why we have become successful. But there is still so much to be done,” he maintained.
Under his chairmanship, Centino sustained the implementation of Convergence Areas for Peace and Development (CAPDev) and Support to Barangay Development Plan (SBDP), created a Special Task Group on Countering CTG Resource Generation (STG-CCRG), bolstered support on socioeconomic interventions in sitios within forward operating bases (FOBs), and the creation and launching of some Local Task Forces in the region, among others.
Although he is leaving the region, Centino assured of his continued support toward RTF-ELCAC 10’s programs.
“As I relinquish my post as the chair of the technical working group and leave you here in Cagayan de Oro please be assured that my distance will not prevent me from continuing my contribution to our efforts here in Northern Mindanao,” he said. (VPSB/PIA10)
