Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc.

Kaangayan, Kalambuan, Kalinaw ... sa Mindanaw, sa Pilipinas, sa Kalibutan

Military and Police Officers push for peace education, prevention and management of local conflicts and building peace, amidst the Maguindanao incident

We, the military and police officers, declare our strong commitment to continue working for peace in our areas of operations.

We, from the Eastern Mindanao Command, AFP (EASTMINCOM), and Directorate for Integrated Police Operations-Eastern Mindanao (DIPO-EM), assert our peacebuilding efforts and pronounce our plan to continue doing peace education and training.

We also call in other members of the AFP and PNP, especially the top leadership, to heed our call for the institutionalization of peace education in military and police academic and training institutions, namely:

• Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
• Philippine Military Academy (PMA)
• Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA)
• AFP Command and General Staff College (AFP CGSC)
• Philippine Public Safety College (PPSC)
• National Police College (NPC)
• Naval Education and Training Command (NETC)
• Division Training Units (DTU)
• Air Education and Training Command (AETC)
• Marine Corps Training Center (MCTC)

We had reached 17 batches of participants this year coming from the AFP and PNP. We may be few, but we believe that this new task is important especially in the present context where parts of Mindanao are still very much in need of support in the management of conflict and prevention of violence.

We strongly push forward our efforts and initiatives in our units amidst the challenges we have encountered as we pursue peace building as a new paradigm in building relationships and in engaging the community we work with.

In unity with our Divine Creator, PEACE be with us all!

09 December 2009
Naval Station Felix Apolinario
Panacan, Davao City