President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday, Sept. 15, joined in one stage Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Founder Nur Misuari and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) interim Chief Minister Ahod Balawag “Murad” Ebrahim during the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) opening ceremony in Cotabato City.
In a rare opportunity, the leaders of the former rivals MNLF and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) joined together during the opening of the Parliament session of the BTA.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. urged BTA officials and other leaders who took their oaths to facilitate the BARMM election in 2025.
Marcos also acknowledged the new BTA members and paid tribute to the achievements of fundamental laws in BARMM including the administrative, civil service, and education code which is among the priority legislations under the BTA’s mandate.
Some of the included mandates are also about revenue code, electoral code, and local governance code.
Marcos also assured the citizens of Bangsamoro that his administration is committed to achieving peace in their region.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.: As your President, I assure you, the BTA and the Bangsamoro people, of this administration’s full and unwavering commitment to the peace process and to BARMM.
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.: This is why we are steadfast in our commitment to the peace process here in Southern Philippines.
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.: So we pushed for socioeconomic development, interventions to promote peace and development in areas affected by decades of conflict.
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Marcos added that the road to peace is “always under construction,” but going through the difficult road will eventually lead to “historical justice, progress, peace, stability, and unity.” – gb
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.: The path to lasting peace is always under construction, but we walk this path together and we walk it not because it is not an easy one.
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.: We walk this path together because even if it is difficult, we know that at the end of the journey is historical justice, progress, peace, stability, and the unity that our people and our nation have long aspired for and so rightly deserve.
— PTVph (@PTVph) September 15, 2022
