The Marawi Maute group crisis is more than a month old and has taken a lot of lives and property. But it is not without color and other forms of conflict from critics and wise guys.
LET US SUPPORT OUR TROOPS IN MINDANAO. Let us pray that they will be successful in their fight pursuit and clearing operations of the enemies. Let us thank them for their heroism, and for some of them giving up their lives so that many of us will be free.
The Maute, the terrorists have taken prisoners and have made them hostages, killed their hostages, made them slaves and combatants.
It does not help that there are many critics pa and detractors (possibly those who are leftists and anti govt). Like the terrorists in Marawi, lay down your arms and opposition. You may be viewed as traitors and supporters of the rebellion.
Another disinformation suspected again to be from Maute and their leftists cohorts, that the govt soldiers will rape the women of Marawi. Enough of that to dishonor the great men, the soldiers who are fighting a war.
Some arguments being posed at the SC regarding the petition for review of facts for declaration of martial law in Mindanao do not match reality and actual situation if not being outrightly absurd. if not funny. While a war is going in Marawi where scores of soldiers gave up their lives fighting for our country, some people have the gall to tell that raising the flag in Marawi by ISIS is a mere propaganda.
Rep. Edcel Lagman prepares for oral arguments in SC vs Martial Law
Declaration (proclamation 216)
As this is being written the oral arguments for and against martial law in Mindanao are being exchanged at SC. Maybe a waste of time and people's money This post asks what are more proofs needed to support the decision for such a declaration: The main argument is that it should be limited to Marawi city
But this is war. and now the crisis has spilled over up to Iligan City; destruction is in billions of pesos; hundreds of lives were lost. The Maute has hundreds of combatants at Marawi with P30 million support coming from ISIS through a former Malaysian professor; The militants had even a P50.00 stash in one of the houses.
1. The perpetrators are rumored to have slipped to neighboring provinces As the bomb maker who was caught in CDO; the elder Maute was caught in Davao
2. The evacuees are in Iligan City where there is an impending humanitarian crisis
3. The allies of the militants are all elsewhere in Mindanano: Sulu, Zamboanga Maguindanao
4. The NPA may be taking advantage of the situation to launch attacks.
5. The foreign nationals joining the fray are entering through the porous borders of southern Mindanao like Sarangani and Sulu
6. It now appears that the Marawi war is a tactical alliance among BIFF, Abu Sayyaf, and Maute. (And maybe NPA. Those in the know say that the ASG were in Clarin Bohol to recruit fighters for this event
Again this petition at SC is a great dishonor our fallen soldiers in Marawi While they gave up their lives for our country, the detractors have the gall and guts to imply that their efforts were in vain. The allies of the other militants like the NPA and other armed groups would be the only one who are capable of launching such detraction
The situation then, in 1972 when JPA was allegedly ambushed in Makati, as an excuse to declare martial law is very different from Marawi situation. It is war. Let the honorable objectors to the Martial Law in Mindanao go to Marawi at the provincial capitol to argue against such declaration
I would suppose nakahiyaan na lang nila. The church, VP Robredo and all others even a known leftist lady senator agree that the declaration is justified
Maute ISIS abducted the Catholic priest and burned the Cathedral
Yesterday, at noon the country celebrating the 119 independence day paused to salute, to remember the heroism and the valor of 58 policemen marines, officers and enlisted personnel of Marines, Philippine Army and PNP who battled the Maute ISIS group in Marawi. The high number of casualties speak well of the ferocity and the skill of the Maute militants, as well as the gravity of the situation.
Pres Duterte preferred being with the families of the dead fighters rather than being with the flag ceremony and toast with the diplomats. Which every body expected of P Noy as the commander in chief of the armed forces. He preferred to be with the Japanese car makers. !
May this event have given color and importance of independence day and may this unite us Filipinos more and for those who continue to belittle this trouble in Marawi city (those who are questioning the martial law)
Hearings are set for oral arguments by congressmen opposing the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao (it should only be in Marawi City) (Congress opposition leaders to question factual basis for the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao. The leaders of such move are Cong. Edcel Lagman, Teddy Baguilat, Tom Villarin, and Magdalo Gary Alejano. This post is afraid that this group for the sake of yakking do not appreciate the problem or view the situation objectively: the NPA, the ASG, the trouble in Zamboanga City, firefight in Sarangani. whewww
If you were the President of the Philippines, with the multitude of problems in Mindanao not declare martial law? The last straw would be the Maute group attack (reportedly backed by ISIS - look at the flag they are waving) in addition to NPA attacks the ASG, and the disorder in Zamboanga.
What are the options available?
Would you not declare martial law if you encountered the following attacks:
Lorenzana also confirmed that Maute bandits began occupying some establishments in the city like Amai Pakpak Medical Center, the City Hall, and the city jail. He also verified that the church, city jail, Ninoy Aquino School and Dansalan College have been set on fire by the group. “As of tonight (Tuesday, May 23), the Maute group burned several facilities – the church, city jail, the Ninoy Aquino School and the Dansalan College. The Maute fighters still occupy also the main street of Marawi city called the Quezon Street and two bridges,” Lorenzana said. Senior Superintendent Oscar Nantes, Lanao del Sur police provincial director, said the fighting erupted when the Maute group opened fire on personnel from the military’s 103rd Brigade. "When the firefight ensued, there were reported re-enforcement from the symphatizers of Maute where pocket firefight erupted in nearby areas," Hererra said. READ: AFP: Operations, firefight in Marawi City continues Police said the fighting erupted around 3 p.m. in the villages of Caloocan and Basak Malutlut, near the Lanao del Sur police provincial command and Mindanao State University. The fighting reportedly sent thousands of residents fleeing while others were locked inside their homes. It happened about two days before the start of the fasting month of Ramadhan.
