Dureza calls for ‘patience’ in Marawi restoration

In commemoration of the 5-month long Marawi siege, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza called residents to extend their patience as the rehabilitation of the city cannot “happen overnight.”

“We’d like to call on all those who had gone through suffering to please be patient, there is no magic formula here. There’s no reconstruction that can happen overnight,” Dureza said in a press briefing at Lanao del Sur.

Dureza said that there will be challenges and disagreements that can happen during the process of rebuilding but what’s important is that the residents voice out their pleas to the government.

Dureza also stressed the need to have this “social healing” to bring back the “moral fiber” that was destroyed due to the conflict.

“Remember, we can easily build structures by engineers, by contractors and technical people.  But the most difficult part is repairing back the destroyed social fabric, the relationship that had been broken,” he said.

To achieve this “complete healing of relationships,” Dureza said “correct justice must be served” and this action is a responsibility not only of the government institution but also of the rest of the nation.”
DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 05/ 23 /18