RESOLUTION NO. 2019-0130 (Sponsor: Committee on Police, Fire and Public Safety) "A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HONORABLE CITY MAYOR, IN HIS CONCURRING CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PAGADIAN CITY PEACE AND ORDER COUNCIL AND THE CITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, TO CREATE, ORGANIZE AND CONSTITUTE THE PAGADIAN CITY TASK FORCE TO END LOCAL COMMUNIST ARMED CONFLICT (ELCAC)" WHEREAS, Memorandum Circular No. 2019-125 issued by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on 06 August 2019, provides for the guidelines for the Local Government Units in the Implementation of Executive Order No. 7, s. 2018, entitled: "Institutionalizing the Whole-of-Nation Approach in Attaining Inclusive and Sustainable Peace, Creating a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, and Directing the Adoption of a National Peace Framework," which Order aims to ensure both the national and local governments to attain justifiable and acceptable harmony by strengthening peace building initiatives and treat local communist armed group conflict as purely military and security concern; WHEREAS, this body, following the recommendation of the Committee on Police, Fire and Public Safety-to which the foregoing matter was initially referred for scrutiny-and considering the city government's commitment to adhere and comply with the said mandate to protect and safeguard the welfare and security of its constituents from any form of armed conflict, deems it appropriate and in order to request the Honorable City Mayor, in his concurring capacity as the Chairman of the Pagadian City Peace and Order Council and the City Development Council to urgently create and constitute the Pagadian City Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC); NOW, THEREFORE, on seconded motion of Honorable Vincenzo E. Cagampang, be it RESOLVED to request, as this body hereby requests the Honorable City Mayor, in his concurring capacity as Chairman of the Pagadian City Peace and Order Council and the City Development Council, to create, organize and constitute the Pagadian City Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC). RESOLVED FURTHER, to let copies of this Resolution be forwarded to Honorable City Mayor Samuel S. Co, for his immediate favorable consideration; and to the City Local Government Operations Officer, Mr. Farouk M. Escobar, DILG, for information, guidance and reference. APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing resolution. ARNOLD R. GAVENIA SP Member/Presiding Verified: ATTY. TEODORO M. QUICOY SP Member/Floor Leader Attested: ELKID P. NACUA Acting Secretary to the Sanggunian