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Abs Damahan

Zamboanga International Airport Blast

Zamboanga City experienced horrible trauma when bomb exploded at 6:20 PM Thursday, August 5, 2010, at the passenger arrival area of Zamboanga International Airport two confirm dead and more than 20 wounded including Jolo Sulu Governor Abdulsakur Tan are now confined in different hospitals of the city. The SOCO Team found two IDs: 1. SSS ID Card and Zamcelco ID with the bearing name Reynaldo Apilado resided at Bragy. Maasin, Zamboanga City. According to the investigators team fixed ID picture in the ID card is matched to the de-capacitated body found in the ground of bombing site which the alleged one of the suspect to this kind of horrendous dastardly and cowardly act to victimized the innocence civilians of Zamboanga City and adjacent provinces of Western Mindanao.

In the latest update Sulu Governor Tan insisted the bomb is intended for his life and this is for second attempt, first was at Provincial Capitol of Jolo on May 2009 in a planted Motorcycle Bomb. Governor said, he is lucky enough to escape from an instant death which the Governor is only one meter away from the impact of the blast.

If this bomb is intended for the Governor what benefits are we going to achieve? From the point of view, we gain nothing; this is unacceptable cowardly act of political cultures of violence and dead-wrong activities of dastardly kind of politics. Re-thinks the dark behind the motives,this is a condemnable acts a negative impact for the whole interest of Mindanaoan. I think for those who are not delighted to be enlightened ,this is start of a wake-up calls for all Mindanaoan to protect our leaders if still has the same motive to eliminate our elected leaders from power. stop the atrocities in our homeland preserve the value and dignity that we inherited from our fore-fathers.

For the benefits who follow this column, I was touched when I attended the lectures conducted by the Philippines Council for Islam and Democracy (PCID) at the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) College of Law Auditorium yesterday August 2, 1010. The presentor is no less than Ms. Amina Rasul. In her clippings presentation.  ‘The factors that led to decline the resources of the Moro Provinces during Martial Law’, and to include present practices of the National policy planners, triggered Causes: 1. Destruction of Infrastructures, 2. Capital flights, and 3. Brain drain.

In simple analysis this is a true fact why ARMM provinces are so poor Local Government Units (LGUs).  While Mindanao is one economic hub of our republic, as a whole is number 5 in GDP, but in the actual data funds releases actually a big pie are focus to CARAGA provinces and cities and include Zamboanga City for Mindanao.  For the ARMM provinces and cities is with a limited shares of funds. So therefore, ‘there would be an imbalance of an economic discrepancy of our democracy in one republic for the minority rights’.

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