Three (3) members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) voluntarily returned to the fold of the law. They were presented last May 18, 2025 by the 33rd Infantry (Makabayan) Battalion of the 6th Infantry (Kampilan) Division of the Philippine Army led by Commanding Officer LtC Udgie C. Villain Inf (GSC) PA.
As part of its continuous effort in peacebuilding, MPOS distributed Php 5,000 for each of the returnees. This is to help them in their community integration as civilians.
Ms. Sittie Janine Gamao, Chief of the Peace Education Division, MPOS was present during the event. According to her, “𝘋𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘣 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘣𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘪 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘪 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘰 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘬, 𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘸𝘢, 𝘱𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥.”
Meanwhile, the returnees were grateful for their acceptance by the government. Unmamed returnee shared during the program, “𝘈𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩, 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯. 𝘕𝘢𝘨𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘣 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘴𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘣𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺𝘢. 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘵, 𝘥𝘪 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘱𝘶𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢, 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘣𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘰.”
