The incumbent governor wants to look forward and not to the past. Young people and educators say that should not be the case at all. Read this in-depth piece by Bea Cupin. PHVote WeDecide
MARAWI CITY, Philippines – It was March 31, a few days before the start of Ramadan, and the Islamic City of Marawi was bursting with activity. The roads leading to the provincial capitol were almost at a standstill as people in mostly red, and sometimes green, shirts, made their way to the gymnasium for one of two major political rallies that week.
The two events almost coincided, said Robredo People’s Council Lanao del Sur head Dayalyn Tingara-an. Under the regime of the elder Marcos, the 2022 presidential candidate’s father and namesake, parts of Mindanao turned into virtual killing fields. There are numerous massacres to speak of but it’s one tragedy, theIt was the slaughter of Muslim trainees in Corregidor that led Tingara-an to learn more about her people’s struggles. Tingara-an, then a student at Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro, was tasked to report on the Jabidah Massacre for a history class.
It’s said – particularly by supporters of Marcos Jr. – that the sins of the father aren’t those of the son. But the son himself has a bad record of dealing with and receiving the concerns of Muslim Filipinos. ” version of what was then the Bangsamoro Basic Law. Marcos Jr., then chief of the Senate committee on local government, had filed the substitute bill, citing the supposed lack of consultation with other sectors in and around Muslim Mindanao.
Ang kabataan po ang sumisigaw ng pagbabago. Ang kabataan po ang naniniwala na kaya nating ilaban, kayang ilaban si [Robredo]Tingara-an, herself an educator, said in the process, young Maranaos are learning about both the struggles that Moros before them endured.
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