Making Mindanao a federal state possible with Duterte's popularity: analyst

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Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte can turn Mindanao into a federal state within his term, a Mindanao-based scholar and longtime peace advocate said Wednesday. Fr.

Eliseo Mercado Jr., senior policy adviser of the Institute for Autonomy and Governance, said Duterte has the popularity and will power to do so.

Last week, the President met with Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari in Davao City, in which they agreed to form a coordinating committee to discuss peace efforts in Sulu. Mercado said Misuari's vision of "one Mindanao," is inclusive, with the newly-formed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region allowed to function as a separate entity.

Mercado added that the President could bring together the MNLF and its splinter group Moro Islamic Liberation Front in a coordinating council.

 

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