Saying not all Moros are enemies, President Duterte has encouraged the country’s premier police and military academies to accept more Muslim cadets in their institutions.
The President suggested a percentage must be allocated for Muslims applying for slots at the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) and the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), as he recognized the country’s need for more trained officers in the future.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte walks past honor guards upon his arrival at the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) Grandstand of Camp General Mariano N. Castañeda in Silang, Cavite for his attendance to the PNPA ‘Maragtas’ Class of 2018 commencement exercises on March 21, 2018.
(TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
“I’d like also to remind everybody that we are a one nation, that not all the Moro of Mindanao are our enemies. So maybe next time there should be a percentage of the Moro people joining PMA or the PNPA. We need them,” Duterte said during the graduation of the PNPA Maragtas Class of 2018 in Silang, Cavite.
The President said he has seen the bravery of Muslim government forces in “so many battles,” including how they helped quell the five-month deadly terror siege in Marawi City.
“Many of the Moro people who were soldiers were there and many died for our country,” he said.
The commander-in-chief acknowledged that the country needed more police and military officers who could be assigned to help keep peace and order in Mindanao.
“We cannot govern this country by just selecting from the other provinces without looking towards Mindanao. And we need officers trained and we need to work with them in Mindanao,” he said.
Apart from the Moros, Duterte pushed for the enlistment of more Ilocanos, Bisaya and other “tribes” in the police and military. “I hope by the next batch or the next — the one coming up for this generation, I will have the money to give you to enlist more police officers,” he said
The President, meantime, congratulated the new PNPA graduates and encouraged them to remain on guard against the communist assassins.
He told the new police officers that the country was “at war” with the communist terrorists, citing the resurgence of the New People’s Army’s infamous assassination squad.
He said he was not condemning the new police officers to death but urged them to “keep a low profile” and “heighten your sense of awareness.”
“Bantay kayo kasi [Be alert because] the sparrows are very active. kayong may mga baril [Those carrying guns] be sure not to display it, and be sure to keep a low profile,” he told the class of 2018 led by Fritz John Villador of Negros Occidental.
“And if you enter a place na hindi naman kayo kilala [where you are not known], keep a sub rosa style of movement,” he said.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/03/21/duterte-urges-military-academies-to-accept-more-muslim-cadets/
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