If the Bangsamoro entity in Mindanao gets enacted, federalism would ride high on its success and to be drummed up much easier on the platform that provinces continued to be neglected by the national government, Mindanao leaders said.
Moro residents interviewed by Davao Today here blasted the statement of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) which urged lawmakers to “scrutinize and debate” the proposed Bangsamoro Basic law.
The proposed facility for US troops in Cotabato City would be seen as an intrusion into the Bangsamoro homeland and would be regarded as “direct US intervention in Mindanao”, a militant Moro group said.
The draft law was submitted to Congress by panels from the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) last week.
“I was not banned or deported from Bangladesh earlier this year as falsely reported. I entered the country and left on my own will.”
He said government must consult stakeholders in Mindanao who could give a broader picture on the issues of Mindanao.
“This is not the end of the struggle. It’s up to the people on the ground to judge,”
“This kind of persecution is worse than killing,” Al-Moro said.
Dubbed as the successor of the extremist group Al-Qaeda, the growing threat of armed operations of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) across the troubled Middle East has drawn mixed reactions from Catholics and Muslims elsewhere.
Thousands gathered in Rizal Park, this city, Sunday to join a Mindanao-wide activity to call on Congress to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
