“Cutting the budget for the Barangay Development Program will be a big blow to the progress of ELCAC Programs. Without the BDP, the phasing we have in our efforts to combat insurgency and COVID-19 at the same time would be hampered because the BDP goes hand-in-hand with the national government’s projects for peace and development.”Mayor Vicente CajetaChairperson, MTF-ELCACGuipos, Zamboanga del Sur.