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Autonomous Bangsamoro Gov t Takes Over Cotabato City Residents of Cotabato city joining our gov t signify their desire for lasting peace, development, says chief minister. Almost two years after a referendum was held in the southern Philippines, the administration of Cotabato city was formally taken over by the autonomous Bangsamoro government on Tuesday.
Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim, chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said his government is pleased and honored to accept the responsibilities of supervising Cotabato City and 63 barangays from North Cotabato as part of BARMM. A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and corresponds to a village, district, or ward.
Published December 14, 2020, 9:10 PM
Lanao del Norte 1st District Rep. Khalid Dimaporo is worried that the Philippine government’s credibility in the peace process might suffer if it fails to ensure that all secessionist rebels who want to join the national police force won’t get accommodated.
Lanao del Norte Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo (FACEBOOK/MANILA BULLETIN)
Dimaporo aired this concern Monday during a virtual briefing of the House Committee on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity.
“I’m from Lanao del Norte so I hear the rumors going around. What we want to mitigate is misinformation. Because in the BOL (Bangsamoro Organic Law), it provides an option – lahat ng mga MILF (all Moro Islamic Liberation Front) combatants can join the police. That’s there,” he said.