CAGAYAN DE ORO. Protesters smear with red paint the images of Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong "Marcos Jr., and his father, the late President Ferdinand Marcos, during a rally held in Marawi City on Monday. (Froilan Gallardo)
HUNDREDS of
Maranaos have threatened to issue a fatwah against Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
and other lawmakers who are against the original form of the Bangsamoro Basic
Law.
A fatwah is a
legal opinion issued by a religious leader of Islamic or a council of imams.
Chanting
"BBL! BBL!" the Maranaos attended a rally in downtown Marawi City
Leaders took
turns in denouncing Marcos for writing a substitute bill that they said did not
contain the aspirations of the Bangsamoro people and did away with 17 years of
negotiations.
"BBL is not
dead. It is alive in the hearts and minds of the Bangsamoro," Drieza
Liningding, head of the Bangsamoro for Peace and Development, said. "It is
not the substitute bill written by Senator Bongbong Marcos or the bill passed
by the House ad hoc committee."
As a show of
their disgust, Maranaos took turns smearing red paid on a tarpaulin bearing the
images of Marcos and his father, the late President Ferdinand Marcos.
"You and
your father have a huge blood debt against our people," cried a young
student.
Marawi community
leader Aga khan Sharief said the martial law regime of President Marcos had
victimized thousands of Maranaos and Bangsamoros who were killed and tortured
because they were suspected to be separatist rebels.
"Now
Bongbong is repeating the deed of his father. His refusal to pass the original
form of the BBL is tantamount of killing the aspirations of our people,"
Sharief said.
The Senate and
the House of Representatives have less than 11 days to pass their versions of
the proposed bill. Only then can the two versions reconciled in a bicameral
session.
Marcos said
Senate Bill 3894, which is his substitute proposal to the BBL, contains strong
safeguards against reckless appropriations and misuse of funds.
"The
appropriations and use of funds that would be made by the Bangsamoro parliament
shall be audited by the Commission on Audit," Marcos said in a statement.
But the Marawi
leaders have rejected Marcos' explanation and passed resolutions to push for
the passage of the BBL original form.
"Through
this manifesto, the only acceptable bill for the Bangsamoro people is the
drafted by the Bangsamoro Transition Council and duly signed by President
Aquino as a priority bill in Congress," said Datu Musa Sultan, president
of the Ranao Confederation for Peace.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2015/09/01/maranaos-threaten-issue-fatwah-vs-marcos-other-lawmakers-427775
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