Bangsamoro Transition Authority’s Special Committee on Marawi chairperson Ali Solaiman. (Photo courtesy of BPI - BARMM)
The Bangsamoro Transition Authority’s (BTA) Special Committee on Marawi has recommended plans and actions to further the city’s rehabilitation after the siege that displaced thousands of Maranaos in 2017 up to this day.
Member of Parliament (MP) and chairperson of the Committee Ali Solaiman announced in the plenary on Thursday that they have conducted a series of public consultations and hearings with internally displaced persons (IDPs), experts, and concerned agencies as well as ocular visits to the “ground zero” since January this year.
After months of study by the committee, Ali said they found that majority of the IDPs want to go home and move away from the shelters where they been living since the 2017 siege.
“There are plenty of interventions by different agencies and the Task Force Bangon Marawi. Yet, we clamor for the IDPs to return to their homes,” Solaiman noted.
However, the committee said it was aware that it does not have full jurisdiction on Marawi rehabilitation. Still, plans must be made, actions must be done, and the Marawi rehabilitation must be on full force, it added.
The Marawi rehabilitation is under the care of the national government through the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM).
“We do not suggest reinventing the wheel. Working with the TFBM and the Land Registration Authority (LRA) in case of land administration is the optimal track for the Bangsamoro Government so that the existing data that they have would be enhanced,” MP Anna Tarhata Basman, a member of the committee, said.
Meanwhile, the special committee recommended continuous assistance for the IDPs that includes better access to the assistance offered by government agencies; ensuring food security; and prioritizing self-sufficiency for their basic needs.
“Food security should be at the forefront of the Marawi agenda,” Basman said.
The committee also recommended immediate medium-term interventions such as water distribution, construction of sanitation and hygiene facilities, access to electricity, prioritizing the IDPs business and livelihood, education, health services, and identifying property boundaries.
Basman said the special committee on Marawi will continue to work to make sure the people of Marawi get the rehabilitation efforts they need and deserve.
During the plenary session, the parliament approved a manifestation to forward the document to the Office of the President, the Philippine Congress, Office of the BARMM Chief Minister, and local governments of Lanao del Sur and Marawi City.
The rehabilitation of Marawi is part of the BARMM chief minister’s 12-Point Priority Agenda and PHP500 million has been allotted for it under the 2020 budget.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1113748
Member of Parliament (MP) and chairperson of the Committee Ali Solaiman announced in the plenary on Thursday that they have conducted a series of public consultations and hearings with internally displaced persons (IDPs), experts, and concerned agencies as well as ocular visits to the “ground zero” since January this year.
After months of study by the committee, Ali said they found that majority of the IDPs want to go home and move away from the shelters where they been living since the 2017 siege.
“There are plenty of interventions by different agencies and the Task Force Bangon Marawi. Yet, we clamor for the IDPs to return to their homes,” Solaiman noted.
However, the committee said it was aware that it does not have full jurisdiction on Marawi rehabilitation. Still, plans must be made, actions must be done, and the Marawi rehabilitation must be on full force, it added.
The Marawi rehabilitation is under the care of the national government through the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM).
“We do not suggest reinventing the wheel. Working with the TFBM and the Land Registration Authority (LRA) in case of land administration is the optimal track for the Bangsamoro Government so that the existing data that they have would be enhanced,” MP Anna Tarhata Basman, a member of the committee, said.
Meanwhile, the special committee recommended continuous assistance for the IDPs that includes better access to the assistance offered by government agencies; ensuring food security; and prioritizing self-sufficiency for their basic needs.
“Food security should be at the forefront of the Marawi agenda,” Basman said.
The committee also recommended immediate medium-term interventions such as water distribution, construction of sanitation and hygiene facilities, access to electricity, prioritizing the IDPs business and livelihood, education, health services, and identifying property boundaries.
Basman said the special committee on Marawi will continue to work to make sure the people of Marawi get the rehabilitation efforts they need and deserve.
During the plenary session, the parliament approved a manifestation to forward the document to the Office of the President, the Philippine Congress, Office of the BARMM Chief Minister, and local governments of Lanao del Sur and Marawi City.
The rehabilitation of Marawi is part of the BARMM chief minister’s 12-Point Priority Agenda and PHP500 million has been allotted for it under the 2020 budget.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1113748
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