PANDI, Oct. 22 -- The hardships in the armed struggle have forced a former leader of the militant urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) and her members to go back to the folds of the law.
Lolita de Jesus, former president of Kadamay-Villa Luis resettlement site in Barangay Siling Bata here, said she could no longer bear the hunger and fatigue she experienced while with the insurgents.
"What I had experienced in the mountains was no joke. At kaya ako nagbalik-loob sa gobyerno upang maituwid ang mga mali kong nagawa noon (The reason why I decided to return to the fold of the government is to correct the wrongdoings I did in the past)," said de Jesus, who is known in the group as "Ka Lolit".
Ka Lolit is one of the 451 m...