MANILA, March 14 -- The Senate's concurrence to President Ferdinand Marcos R. Jr.'s proclamations granting amnesty to former rebels would expedite their normalization and reintegration into mainstream society, the country's peace body said Thursday.

Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. issued the statement after the upper chamber on Wednesday concurred with Proclamation 404, which grants amnesty to the former members of the Communist Party of the Philippine-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and its front organizations.

On March 4, the Senate adopted Presidential Proclamations 403, 405 and 406 granting amnesty to former members of the Rebolusyu...