{"id":119078,"date":"2017-09-22T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T14:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=119078"},"modified":"2017-09-22T10:25:45","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T14:25:45","slug":"no-celebration-once-marawi-war-ends-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/22\/no-celebration-once-marawi-war-ends-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"No celebration once Marawi war ends\u2014Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cIt is a very sad incident in the life of the soldiers. I will not insist on a celebration because walang nanalo dito [nobody won here],\u201d President Rodrigo Duterte said. (Photo by Richard Madelo\/Presidential Photo<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>MANILA, Philippines\u2014There would be no celebration once Marawi is liberated from ISIS-linked terrorists, President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSabi ko nga sa mga sundalo<\/em> [As what I\u2019ve told soldiers], we will not have any celebration. We will just go out quietly. Pack their things and go home,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

The president was in Camp Ranao in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur for his fifth visit to the troops fighting terrorists in the conflict-stricken town. His visit indicates the \u201ccontinuously improving conditions on the ground,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said.<\/p>\n

Instead, Duterte said that he will opt on holding a thanksgiving mass for the soldiers who completed their duty and those who died in battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very sad incident in the life of the soldiers. I will not insist on a celebration because walang nanalo dito<\/em> [nobody won here],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The president stressed that the government forces did not want for this war to rage on but was simply responding to terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, kayong mga<\/em> Maute d\u2019yan pati mga<\/em> [those Maute out there as well as] remaining terorista [terrorists], we do not claim any victory over you kung napatay ka o nahirapan ka<\/em> [if you were killed or suffered],\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all losers here. Maraming nawala at maraming sugatan<\/em> [Many died and many were wounded],\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Martial Law would be over<\/strong><\/p>\n

The president also vowed to lift the martial law imposed in Mindanao once terrorists are neutralized.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt (martial law) will be lifted. Anytime. After things are already cleaned-up,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

He added that before martial law could be lifted, the government forces need to ensure that the region is \u201ccleaned-up\u201d from explosives buried by terrorists and that residents are relocated to their homes.<\/p>\n

Duterte signed Proclamation No. 216 on May 23, declaring Martial Law in Mindanao after conflicts and clashes between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Maute Group escalated.<\/p>\n

On July 22, the House of Representatives and Senate of the Philippines extended the proclamation until December 31, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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