Lawmaker seeks support for Bangsamoro

A party-list lawmaker from Mindanao appealed to her colleagues in Congress to backstop the measure creating a Bangsamoro region.

Rep. Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman of Anak Mindanao party-list made the appeal following President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s statement in his State of the Nation Address underscoring that the agreement between the Aquino administration and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) should bear fruit, and that both parties should stay true to their respective promises. Moreover, the chief executive stressed that both parties nurture trust on each other.