A total of 47, 245 people from Maguindanao, Cotabato City and nearby areas converged at the Cotabato City Plaza on February 10, demanding for immediate passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
Similar peace rally were also held in Marawi City, where 150, 000 people attended. The number of participants that joined the rallies were, Poblacion Pikit, North Cotabato- 69, 332; General Santos City- 8, 205; Davao City- 1, 474; Datu Paglas in Maguindanao- 61,000; Isabel City, Basilan- 550; Jolo, Sulu-15, 321; Bongao, Tawi-Taw- 3, 500; Baloi, Lanao Del Norte, 14, 700; and Batasang Pambansa or House of Representatives, 3,000.
Official tally seen by this writer divulged the total number of participants that joined the peace rallies were 377, 327. All the speakers at the city plaza were one in saying that the deliberations on the BBL must continue and not let a single incident, like the one at Mamasapano affect the GPH-MILF Peace Process. The crowd chanting Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar also chanted “PEACE” for Mindanao as they no longer want war.
The peace rallies held in various major cities of Mindanao and other areas were spearheaded by the Mindanao Alliance for Peace (MAP) headed by Dr. Abdulmanan Gayak with the support of the League of Bangsamoro Organizations (LBO); UNYPAD, and other non-government organizations and civil society groups.
Representatives of the indigenous peoples, Christian groups, women and youth sector also spoke during the rally. Catholic nuns also joined the peace rally.
In an interview, Drieza Al-Moro of Lanao Del Sur, asserts the importance of enacting the BBL rather than suspending it as it will affect the entire peace process.
On the other hand, Malacañang through Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. reiterates the call of President Benigno Aquino II to congress to continue the deliberations on BBL as ”the next steps for the proposed law should be in pursuit of the peace process”. The simultaneous rallies would only mean that “PEACE IS ONE AND THE ONLY CLAMOR OF THE MOROS, IP’s AND CHRISITIANS IN MINDANAO”, as war is catastrophic to everyone, in their lives, properties and the future of their children.
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Official tally seen by this writer divulged the total number of participants that joined the peace rallies were 377, 327. All the speakers at the city plaza were one in saying that the deliberations on the BBL must continue and not let a single incident, like the one at Mamasapano affect the GPH-MILF Peace Process. The crowd chanting Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar also chanted “PEACE” for Mindanao as they no longer want war.
The peace rallies held in various major cities of Mindanao and other areas were spearheaded by the Mindanao Alliance for Peace (MAP) headed by Dr. Abdulmanan Gayak with the support of the League of Bangsamoro Organizations (LBO); UNYPAD, and other non-government organizations and civil society groups.
Representatives of the indigenous peoples, Christian groups, women and youth sector also spoke during the rally. Catholic nuns also joined the peace rally.
In an interview, Drieza Al-Moro of Lanao Del Sur, asserts the importance of enacting the BBL rather than suspending it as it will affect the entire peace process.
On the other hand, Malacañang through Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. reiterates the call of President Benigno Aquino II to congress to continue the deliberations on BBL as ”the next steps for the proposed law should be in pursuit of the peace process”. The simultaneous rallies would only mean that “PEACE IS ONE AND THE ONLY CLAMOR OF THE MOROS, IP’s AND CHRISITIANS IN MINDANAO”, as war is catastrophic to everyone, in their lives, properties and the future of their children.
http://www.luwaran.net/index.php/welcome/item/758-big-crowd-converge-at-cotabato-city-plaza-other-areas-urges-congress-to-pass-bbl
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