Traumatic Zamboanga City residents panicked following announcement by Zamboanga City Lady Mayor Maria Isabel Climaco-Salazar early morning of February 10, 2015 over the radio and television about the entry of alleged members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to the city.
Salazar exhorted residents in the city proper as well as those in the far-flung areas especially those in the coastal areas and island barangays of possible conflict between the anti-Muslim/Bangsamoro and supporters of Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) who were supposed to undertake a peace caravan around the city.
The floated misinformation regarding the true intention and objective of the peace caravan was misunderstood by residents as an act of hostility based on the misleading statements of Salazar twisting the word “caravan” to “rally”.
In a regular radio-television morning program called Dateline Teleradyo (morning edition) where Salazar voluntarily appeared as guest in February 10 edition, she made and announcement that elements of the MILF under the pretext of Civil Society Organizations ( CSO’s ) and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO’s) were trying to force their entry to the city without being granted permit from the city government.
“They are trying to conduct a peace rally in our city despite knowing well our negative position against the BBL.
There is no need for such a rally because Zamboanga is a peaceful city. If they wish to hold a peace rally, they have all the liberty to do so anytime and at any place as long as they do not include our city in their list of provinces and cities they have programmed to visit. Our territorial jurisdiction is out of the core territories of proposed Bangsamoro. We will never allow them even an inch of entry to our city, ”Salazar reiterated in Chavacano dialect.
She hypocritically cited the bereaved families of four slain Special Action Force ( SAF ) Commandos in January 25 Mamasapano clash with the MILF and BIFF and internally- displaced-persons caused by the September 2013 infamous Zamboanga Siege strong reasons for not giving the peace caravan the least opportunity to manifest their show of support to the passage of BBL by Congress and the gesture of support to President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III for his unwavering peace initiative and sincerity to end violence and war in Mindanao.
Salazar misled her constituents by saying that CSO’s and NGO’s such as the Mindanao Alliance for Peace (MAP) who led delegations from General Santos City, Pagadian, Moro Province, Kalibugan Province and Zamboanga Sibugay as elements of the MILF disguised as CSO’s.
Such lies of the lady mayor caused panic among the residents of the city proper who experienced the holocaust of war during the September 9-23, 2013 Zamboanga Siege.
School children were forced to returned home, regular business time forced to end at half day, evacuation center ran out of space for the new evacuees who left their homes for a safer place, among others.
Earlier the lady mayor directed all law enforcers to guard all docking areas in all 98 barangays to make sure no lawless elements could slip into the city.
Elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clad in full battle gear with their armored tanks visible in all parts of the city sealed all possible entries from coastal areas as well as the urban areas. Commuters coming from Pagadian and Dipolog were asked to disembark from buses for inspection.
The convoy led by MAP was forced to return back after two long hours, stranded for questioning by the Surabay (RT LIM) Police who took orders from Mayor Salazar not to allow entry to Zamboanga City.
Disappointed CSO and NGO members from Zamboanga City awaited for over two hours in Barangay Sangali were also left no choice but to return back to the City.
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The floated misinformation regarding the true intention and objective of the peace caravan was misunderstood by residents as an act of hostility based on the misleading statements of Salazar twisting the word “caravan” to “rally”.
In a regular radio-television morning program called Dateline Teleradyo (morning edition) where Salazar voluntarily appeared as guest in February 10 edition, she made and announcement that elements of the MILF under the pretext of Civil Society Organizations ( CSO’s ) and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO’s) were trying to force their entry to the city without being granted permit from the city government.
“They are trying to conduct a peace rally in our city despite knowing well our negative position against the BBL.
There is no need for such a rally because Zamboanga is a peaceful city. If they wish to hold a peace rally, they have all the liberty to do so anytime and at any place as long as they do not include our city in their list of provinces and cities they have programmed to visit. Our territorial jurisdiction is out of the core territories of proposed Bangsamoro. We will never allow them even an inch of entry to our city, ”Salazar reiterated in Chavacano dialect.
She hypocritically cited the bereaved families of four slain Special Action Force ( SAF ) Commandos in January 25 Mamasapano clash with the MILF and BIFF and internally- displaced-persons caused by the September 2013 infamous Zamboanga Siege strong reasons for not giving the peace caravan the least opportunity to manifest their show of support to the passage of BBL by Congress and the gesture of support to President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III for his unwavering peace initiative and sincerity to end violence and war in Mindanao.
Salazar misled her constituents by saying that CSO’s and NGO’s such as the Mindanao Alliance for Peace (MAP) who led delegations from General Santos City, Pagadian, Moro Province, Kalibugan Province and Zamboanga Sibugay as elements of the MILF disguised as CSO’s.
Such lies of the lady mayor caused panic among the residents of the city proper who experienced the holocaust of war during the September 9-23, 2013 Zamboanga Siege.
School children were forced to returned home, regular business time forced to end at half day, evacuation center ran out of space for the new evacuees who left their homes for a safer place, among others.
Earlier the lady mayor directed all law enforcers to guard all docking areas in all 98 barangays to make sure no lawless elements could slip into the city.
Elements of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clad in full battle gear with their armored tanks visible in all parts of the city sealed all possible entries from coastal areas as well as the urban areas. Commuters coming from Pagadian and Dipolog were asked to disembark from buses for inspection.
The convoy led by MAP was forced to return back after two long hours, stranded for questioning by the Surabay (RT LIM) Police who took orders from Mayor Salazar not to allow entry to Zamboanga City.
Disappointed CSO and NGO members from Zamboanga City awaited for over two hours in Barangay Sangali were also left no choice but to return back to the City.
http://www.luwaran.net/index.php/welcome/item/766-zc-mayor-salazar-halts-bbl-supporters-anew
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