ver the years, Kusog Mindanaw and its partners provided the country and the international community with a platform to look at Mindanao from the perspective of the Mindanawons, highlighting the str…
Ladies and gentlemen, Assalamualaikum! Madayaw ug maayong buntag kaninyong tanan. Magandang araw po sa inyong lahat.
I know that many of you here have advocated for the end of the Moro rebellion all your lives — working tirelessly, and fearlessly with leaders of the Moro groups, leaders and members of your communities, grassroots organizations, and other peace advocacy groups and institutions, and the so-called “Peace Doves.”
And some of you have also been there when the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro was signed between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Philippine government under the leadership of the late President Benigno Aquino Jr. in 2014. The seeds of peace that you have planted all these years, the seeds of peace watered by the blood of Filipino martyrs who fought against each other, the seeds of peace nurtured by your sacrifices and bravery and that undying fire I see in your eyes — they have grown and their flowers in bloom.
If causes of conflicts are left unresolved, a minor clash, perhaps between an armed group and government soldiers, perhaps somewhere in Maguindanao, could quickly escalate into a war that could potentially result in deaths and displacement of civilians. It should be a thing of the past, a dark chapter in our history as a people. War in Mindanao should be remembered only to remind us of why we should all work together and commit, protect, and defend peace at all costs.
I would like to share… this is something that I am an expert about because this is my personal experience, with my work as mayor of Davao City when I first became mayor in 2010. Naabtan pa nako siya nga ginatabang sya sa mga nurses and doctors. And then I asked one nurse, “kinsa iyang kauban” and they said walay kauban, gibilin ra na sya diri sa ambulansya. And then I said, “where are his things,” so they gave it to me and so I went through his things, I took his cellphone, walang password, so I went through his messages.
I wanted to call. And they said, “no, he is single. You may talk to parents.” So I talked to his mother and I said “I am sorry.” And then she said, “You know Inday Sara, our sons have been dying there in your area in Davao City.” Ana sya, “hindi pwede na lagi na lang ganyan dyan sa inyo.” I was recently in Borongan, Samar and I explained to them, I narrated to them what I narrated to you this morning and I said, “you know it can be done because I am standing here in fonrt of you, sharing my experience in what I did. It only needs a heart, a very strong heart to start it and continue on when things become difficult.”
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