In his speech on Wednesday at the Western Mindanao Command
(WesMinCom) headquarters here in Camp General Basilio Navarro, President
Rodrigo R. Duterte traced the roots of the Mindanao
conflict.
He said it started when the Spaniards colonized the Philippines Mindanao .
In the 20th century, the President said Americans cultivated
Mindanao and invited people from Luzon and the Visayas to come to Mindanao "because it is the land of promise."
The President said he doesn't have any problem with Moro
National Liberation Front leader Nur Musuari. "We have agreed in principle
na mag-usap para to resolve the conflict of the history of Mindanao ,"
he revealed, adding he also has no problem with the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front.
However, he said "may problema ako sa Abu Sayyaf
because they are terrorists." They operate mostly in the Sulu area where
the Tausugs are the dominant ethnic group.
PRRD recounted, "In the olden times, yung kwento ng mga
ninuno, the Tausug warrior is an honorable man. Eh bakit ba ‘yan--- putulan ng
ulo yung mga hostage niya. Hindi trabaho ito ng totoong Tausug. Something is
going wrong. Kaya nakikiusap ako sa mga Tausug sana
mag-intindihan nalang tayo at you know, we craft the Philippines
He recalled hearing stories before that among Tausugs,
"pag nag-break ka ng word of honor, patayan yan. Pero it has deteriorated
into some kind of cannibalism."
According to the President, his own grandmother was a
Maranao Moro and he gets hurt every time there is fighting in Mindanao .
"Eh bakit tayo magpapatayan? Magkwentuhan na lang tayo," he said.
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