Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Filipinos can be assured that the pursuit of just and lasting peace will not stop with the renaming of the government's peace body. This, after President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed an executive order (EO) reorganizing and renaming the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU). "Now as OPAPRU, we shall be maximizing the power of convergence so that we can effectively communicate the message of peace across the widest spectrum of society and rally the support of all sectors behind our collective vision - to heal the wounds caused by armed conflict and foster genuine peace, reconciliation, and unity among our countrymen," OPAPRU Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said in a statement on Saturday. Galvez said the newly reorganized OPAPRU is more eager "to sustain th
Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The Filipino people can be assured that pursuit of just and lasting peace will not stop with the renaming of the government's peace body. This, after President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order (EO) reorganizing and renaming the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU). "Now as OPAPRU, we shall be maximizing the power of convergence so that we can effectively communicate the message of peace across the widest spectrum of society and rally the support of all sectors behind our collective vision - to heal the wounds caused by armed conflict and foster genuine peace, reconciliation, and unity among our countrymen," OPAPRU Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said in a statement on Saturday. Galvez said the newly reorganized OPAPRU is more eager "to sustain
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order (EO) reorganizing and renaming the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) to the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU). EO No. 158, signed by Duterte on Dec. 27, guides the policy framework on peace, reconciliation, and unity with three principles namely "conflict-sensitive and peace-promoting", "whole-of-society", and "empowering". "To more effectively build on the achievements of the national government on peacebuilding engagements over the last decade, there is a need to continually reassess and realign how policies and programs on peace processes are designed, implemented and monitored, and expand the framework on peace to include initiatives that reinforce national reunification and reconciliation, as part of enhancing resiliency, and social, political and economic reengineering," the EO read. Under E0 158, the a