endIndex: Two years after the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, the people of the Bangsamoro have lost as much as they have won in the process of asserting their rights, if not more. Photo by MARRIAN PIO RODA CHING
Editor’s note: Marrian Ching is a writer and editor based in the Bangsamoro. With a feminist lens, she interrogates notions of identity while navigating histories that are either affirmed or erased in the process of nation-building. The opinions in this essay are the author’s.
Cotabato City (CNN Philippines Life, January 25) A few days after the first ceremonial flag-raising featuring the Bangsamoro flag alongside the Philippine flag, both flags were lowered to the half-mast position in honor of Interim Deputy Chief Minister Abdul Raji Sahrin, who also served as the secretary-general of the Moro National Liberation Front. It has been two years since the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was established, and the people of the Ban