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Nananatiling mailap pa rin ang hustisya para sa mga Marawi victims kung kaya’t kailangang madaliin na ang pagtulong sa mga ito at tuluyan nang makabangon mula sa madugong pangyayari.
Ito ang sinabi ni Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri kasunod ng pagpasa sa ikalawang pagbasa ng Senado sa Senate Bill No. 2420, o ang Marawi Siege Compensation Act.
“We thank our colleagues for passing this bill on second reading. We need this to give social justice to the victims of the Marawi siege. The fact of the matter is, when you go to Marawi and Lanao del Sur, many of our kababayans there are still without homes, and still have no means of renovating or rebuilding their homes that were destroyed in the siege,” paliwanag pa ng senador.
Ayon kay Zubiri, taong 2018 nang ihain nito ang panukalang Bangsamoro Organic Law bilang tugon sa Marawi Siege.
“We saw that if we did not address the concerns of just and lasting peace and social justice for our brothers and sisters in Muslim Mindanao, these acts of terrorism would keep happening in other cities later on,” giit nito.
“And in response to the siege, and the terrorism that our people were facing in Muslim Mindanao, we legislators all came together—minority and majority, no political color—to pass one of the more difficult measures that this chamber has seen, but I would also say one of the best, as we put so many game-changers in it, particularly on the management and governance of the autonomous region of Muslim Mindanao,” dagdag pa ni Zubiri.
Natutuwa ang senador na sa unang pagkakataon ay nagkaroon ng malaking pondo ang BARMM para magamit sa mahahalagang proyekto tulad ng pagtatayo ng municipal buildings, day care centers, at health centers.
“And they have been doing a very good job. I was told that for the first time, maraming pera ang BARMM, unlike before. And they have prioritized important projects for the people, such as municipal buildings, day care centers, and health centers,” aniya pa.
Nakasaad pa sa Marawi Siege Compensation Act ang pagbuo ng Marawi Compensation Board na magsasaayos ng tax-free payment para sa mga nawalan ng tahanan dahil sa Marawi Siege.
“With the BOL and the Marawi Compensation Act, we are giving our brothers and sisters in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region the tools and mechanisms that they need in order to truly recover. Makakatanggap na sila ng just compensation or financial assistance para matulungan silang makabangon muli galing sa bangungot na nangyari sa kanila,” sabi pa ni Zubiri.
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