MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume X, No. 127
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Thousands hold peace caravan urging for extension of Bangsamoro transition M
By: SONY V. SUDARIA, BARMM Bureau
A R AW I C i t y Over 5,000 participants joined a peace caravan which posted streamers petitioning President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to certify as
urgent the Senate House Bills seeking to extend the BBL-Bangsamoro Basic Law/ Bangsamoro Transition period. The peace caravan, participated by more than 5-thousand ve-
hicles with delegates from two provinces of Lanao’s and Marawi City, was held March 13, 2021 at Balo-i Lanao del Norte. Dr. Bashar y Latiph, Chapter President of Ranao Professional delegates told Mindanao Daily News in
an interview that the peace caravan supports BTA extension period. “Of course, we called the attention of President Duterte to delay the final BBL- transition process. Considering the very limited See CARAVAN, page 11
A symbolic signature of manifesto petition urging Duterte to certify urgent BTA extension. Signing (from left to right) were Hon. Halil Amerol BDA - Manager with DepEd officials and Dr. Bashary Latiph - President of Ranao Professional Chapter; Prof. Yasmirah Moner - Director of IPDM, MSU-IIT, Iligan City; and lastly, Engr. Maldamin B. Decampoing - DPWH 1st District, Lanao del Sur. photo by sony sudaria
PRRD joins Normin meeting to end insurgency, brgy dev’t program launching C AG AYA N DE ORO CITY--President Rodrigo Roa Duterte placed full support in ending insurgency as he personally attended the conduct of Joint National and Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) and launching of the Regional Barangay Development Program at Cagayan de Oro City, March 5. The said meeting, attended by the region’s local officials and various national agencies, served as an avenue to discuss the most recent accomplishments of the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Con-
flict (RTF-ELCAC) among the local communities in the regional and national levels. Pre s i d e nt D ute r te expressed his sentiment against the CPP-NPA-NDF who are destroying the families, the community as a whole, including government properties and even the investors who ventured into business in far-flung areas for about 53 years already. “For fifty-three years, many of your comrades have died and you’ve already forgotten where you buried them. Their bodies might have been washed out already. And you’ll just See MEETING, page 11
Duterte govt to work double to end communism by 2022: Andanar HIS marching order to the police in attendance is to finish the job of ending the decade long insurgency by the end of his tenure in 2022. “If there’s an encounter and you see them armed, kill, kill them, don’t mind human rights, I will be the one to go to prison, I don’t have qualms,” said the President. But the president promised mercy and opportunities for those who will surrender to the government. “Those of you here who don’t want trouble, because you already know right from wrong, we welcome you. I give you houses, jobs. For those who don’t have work yet, I’ll give you rice to eat,” he added. Joining the meeting is Presidential Communica-
President Rodrigo Duterte presided the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Eclac) meeting in Cagayan de Oro City.
tions Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar, who will also lead the NTFELCAC’s communications team.
In his keynote speech, Andanar vowed that the government would strive harder to end insurgency in the country before the
president steps down from office in 2022. “The work continues and must be pursued with
See DOUBLE, page 11