Pres. Duterte grieves over ASG barbarism

From the Philippine Information Agency (Sep 2): Pres. Duterte grieves over ASG barbarism

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte expressed his utter frustration over the continuous acts of barbarism and brutality by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), all the while sharing his grief not only to the families of the 15 fallen soldiers who died in the August 29 operations in Patikul, Sulu, but to include those of the killed bandits.

“Ako ayaw ko talaga every time may makita ako, ke Abu Sayyaf, nasasaktan ako, totoo lang,” President Duterte told those who were present in the wake of the fallen soldiers, including their immediate families and relatives at the Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) here Wednesday (August 31).

“Walang panalo dito, puro talo tayo lahat,” he said. (Nobody wins here, all of us lose.)

“I don’t have a conflict with Nur (Misuari), we agreed in principle na mag-usap to resolve the conflict in Mindanao, wala din akong problema sa MILF (I also do not have a problem with the MILF),” he added, but said the problem is with the Abu Sayyaf. “They are terrorists.”

He expressed dismay over the mutilation of the bodies of the dead soldiers by the terrorist group, who resorted to acts of “barbarism”, for all the world to see.

“Putolan ng ulo, sundalo man o sibilyan,” he said.  (They cut off the heads, soldier or civilian.)

The President called on all Moro tribes to talk peace. “We have to understand each other, and then we craft a Philippines kung saan walang nalulugi.”

(We have to understand each other and then we craft a Philippines where nobody is left behind.)
Earlier, the President ordered the military to “destroy” the terror group which has been operating in the southern islands for years.

Meanwhile, the families of the fallen soldiers are set to receive scholarships, automatic 4Ps inclusion, rice subsidies, employment for the widows, among other benefits.

President Duterte recognized the reality of war, that soldiers die, but he called on the Abu Sayyaf to respect the bodies of the dead. “Fight, but do not add grief to the family by destroying the bodies.”

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