Former Bangsamoro combatants hail move to create veteran mujahideen agency

GENERAL SANTOS CITY —Aging and needing help, former combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front hailed a move by legislators in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to create an agency that will serve their needs.

BVMAO will provide financial, medical, social, and other forms of assistance, “in recognition of the sacrifices of the brave mujahideen and mujahidat who have fought for the cause of the Bangsamoro,” according to a press briefer by the BTA. As proposed, the budget of the Bangsamoro Veteran Mujahideen Affairs Office will come from the Bangsamoro Government Fund, Jajurie said as she hinted that they are aiming the measure to be enacted before the BTA adjourns its second regular session in February next year.

“What they did then was rebellion and must not be glorified by treating them like veterans and heroes,” Mario Almanzor told MindaNews. He once served in the defunct Philippine Constabulary in Lanao del Sur in the 1970s. “Maraming namatay, nawalan ng mga mahal sa buhay sa mga ginawa nila noon ,” he said.

Ustadz Abdulwahid Tundok, commander of the MILF 118th Base Command, said they need psychological support for the traumas they endured, aside from financial support for livelihood programs, medical assistance, social welfare programs, and educational opportunities for their children.The wife of the renowned Tani Malaguiok of the MNLF recounted her experience as a field medic in the Bangsamoro struggle in Cotabato and Maguindanao in the 1970s.

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