WHILE government propagandists and photographers are busily pushing photos to newspapers showing that speakers from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front are holding public meetings to inform the Muslim Filipinos about the Bangsamoro Basic Law, observers on the ground in Mindanao are shaking their heads.

What they are holding are not consultations. In most instances, the people herded to attend these rallies don’t have a clue about what is being discussed.

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