Duterte at midterm gets high grades for keeping Mindanao promise

– analysts say BARMM’s creation after a decade of setbacks is the single achievement that has brought the region to “a better place.”

BARMM, said Bacani, is a “a key milestone that triggered other milestones,” especially normalization and decommissioning, where tens of thousands of MILF combatants who used to fight government forces are now expected to lay down their weapons and transition to civilian life. Rood cited Duterte’s critical role in getting Congress to pass the Bangsamoro law. “The fact of the matter is that most congressmen don’t care about the Bangsamoro so they took direction from Duterte,” said Rood. It also helped that he pushed it at the start of his administration, when he enjoyed a strong sway with Congress.

Abuza had strong opinions against other developments in the region, including areas outside Muslim Mindanao. Thus, the lower grade.TWO YEARS AFTER. Marawi City has yet to be rebuilt almost two years after the siege, led by local terrorists, ended in October 2017. Photo by Bobby Lagsa/Rappler Rood is concerned that this hostility plays into the narratives of extremist groups – presenting the national government as indifferent to Muslims, as they continue attempts to recruit.

In 2019 alone, there had been 3 suspected suicide bombings in Mindanao and there are reports that Abu Sayyaf leaderOutside Muslim Mindanao, Abuza noted that the communist New People’s Army is “as active as it has ever been.” Extrajudicial killings and Duterte’s attacks on the media – while they are not centered in Mindanao – have occurred in the region.

BARMM is having a rough start, however. As the former rebels take the reins and govern over 2 million population, they are realizing the burden of high expectations.

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