Before leaving his post as regional police director in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Brig. Gen. Arthur Cabalona ordered the Maguindanao police to strictly implement the gun ban.
Maguindanao del Sur will be composed of the towns of Buluan, Ampatuan, Datu Paglas, Datu Piang, Shariff Aguak, Pagalungan, Sultan sa Barongis, South Upi, Talayan, Salipada Pendatun, Mamasapano, Datu Montawal, Paglat, Guindulungan, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Datu Unsay, Datu Abdullah Sangki, Rajah Buayan, Anggal Midtimbang, Mangudadatu, Pandag, Datu Hofer, Datu Salibo and Saydona Mustapha.
Rep. Bai Dimple Mastura of Maguindanao’s first congressional district also campaigned for ratification. She said that once the new province is created, people would no longer travel far in order to seek assistance from the provincial government. A resident of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Abdilla Kadiguia Abdulbasit, said he had not heard of any group or individual who openly campaigned against the province’s split.
The split in 2006 was engineered by the Ampatuan clan who held sway in Maguindanao and the ARMM government during that time. It was to ensure the family’s complete hold of a political turf with little resistance during the elections.
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