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Military Reform – 1997

As of April 1,274 applications had been processed. The first batch (1,211) to complete training consisted of 1,106 candidate soldiers and 105 candidate officers to be deployment in SZOPAD areas.¹

1. Miriam Coronel Ferrer, “Integration of MNLF Forces into the PNP and AFP: Integration without Demobilization and Disarmament,” (Paper prepared for the conference The GRP-MNLF Peace Agreement, Phase 1: Pains and Gains, Center for Integrative and Development Studies, University of the Philippines, November 10-11, 1999).