Cotabato City - The Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA) strongly condemns the order issued by the Task Force Thunder Chief Brig. Gen. Juancho Sabban to implement food blockade in Basilan which will inevitably put the community people into a state of hunger and starvation.
The BDA is a project implementing organization tasked to determine, lead and manage relief, rehabilitation and development projects in the Conflict-Affected Areas (CAAs) of Mindanao. Its creation is a result of the Rehabilitation and Development Aspect under the Agreement on Peace of 2001 signed between the Philippines government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Therefore, BDA as development partner in PEACE calls on the Philippine government to spare the civilian populace in their attempt to put into justice the beheaders of the Marines killed in action in an encounter last July 10 at Al Barkah town in Basilan.
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Last August 5, Gen. Sabban directed an order which sought to prevent the food assistance from reaching the affected communities who have fled their homes for fear of getting caught in the pending firefight between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
“It is not correct for these people to pay for the crime they have nothing to do with”, said the BDA Executive Director Dr. Danda Jaunday. Juanday also expressed deep concern over the possible implication of this act saying that it may engender hatred among the affected populace.
He said that it may send wrong message to the people of the affected villages. “They may take this as a form of oppression. Eventually, this can inflame the animosity which has been lingering for years between the Philippine government and the Moro communities”.
Now that the possibility of war outbreak has been successfully thwarted by the strong resistance from both local and international communities, the issue of oppression perpetrated against the Bangsamoro people should find its way to closure. The Bangsamoro has strove and fought hard just to preserve its own culture and way of life in accordance with Islamic teachings.
It is just unfortunate that the Filipino people cannot understand why there is such a front designed to fight for the right of the Bangsamoro. They regard the Bangsamoro people as weak. This is the sole reason why until now the Bangsamoro communities are still in a state of war against the Philippine colonial government. Because the Bangsamoro people have no sense of freedom and liberty for as long they remain in the grip of the mainstream Philippine government. (BDA News and Information Bureau)
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