{"id":163400,"date":"2018-05-11T23:53:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T03:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=163400"},"modified":"2018-05-11T23:53:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T03:53:47","slug":"duterte-wants-to-see-more-maute-isis-surrenderees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/11\/duterte-wants-to-see-more-maute-isis-surrenderees\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte wants to see more Maute-ISIS surrenderees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte leads the inspection of the firearms surrendered by the ISIS-Maute Group at the Capitol Gymnasium in Sacayo, Marawi City on May 11, 2018. Also in the photo are Philippine National Police Director General Oscar Albayalde, Sec. Bong Go of the Office of the Special Assistant to the President and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. KIWI BULACLAC\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Friday encouraged more Maute-ISIS members to surrender as he promised to provide them with housing, capital, land and employment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI propose to you, the other Maranaos, you better come down and as you can see your arms, there is really no purpose,\u201d Duterte said in his speech during the presentation of surrendered firearms and distribution of assistance to ISIS-Maute Group surrenderees in Marawi City.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to see more surrenderees and a comfortable lives for the Maranaos. You come down and we will talk how we can improve your lives,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he would bring Maute surrenderees in Malaca\u00f1ang and then to Malaysia to learn the technology of developing palm oil and rubber tree plantations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told the Maute surrenderees, you go to Malaca\u00f1ang and let\u2019s talk. I will bring you preferably in Malaysia. You study their how to plan rubber (tree) and palm oil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Duterte said he will ask newly-installed Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad to assist the Maute surrenderees.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will talk to talk to him that I will send you there to study. The whole of Maute group can go there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The President said he is ready to proclaim land reform in Lanao del Norte and del Sur as well as in Maguindanao and distribute the government property to the poor Maranaos.<\/p>\n

He also assured local residents displaced by a five-month conflict between the government troops and ISIS-inspired Maute Group last year that will get back their land in Marawi City.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will commit to you, as a Maranao, I will commit to you now that I will pour assistance, tractors, fertilizers and even seedlings,\u201d Duterte said, drawing applause from the audience.<\/p>\n

He appealed to the Maranao people to give the government enough time to rebuild Marawi and establish the goodwill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be some improvements only if you give me time,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

The President said his top aide Bong Go can help facilitate the completion of the government\u2019s assistance to the Maute surrenderees.<\/p>\n

When asked by a surrenderee about other Maute-ISIS members who want to surrender but have pending cases, Duterte said he will send Secretary Abdullah Mama-o to negotiate and talk with them for assessment if amnesty can be granted.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Duterte cautioned the Maute not to make alliance with New People\u2019s Army (NPA).<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope, brothers, don\u2019t follow the NPA. This is a group who don\u2019t believe in God. You better be careful. At the end of the day, if they will get Mindanao, you will be consumed. Believe me,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n

Duterte thanked the Armed Forces of the Philippines for its efforts to convince Maute members to surrender and for their sacrifice to bring peace in Mindanao.<\/p>\n

He also expressed appreciation to the people of Marawi City for their understanding and cooperation.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy brothers in Marawi, the government wanted peace. We don\u2019t want the government to come here and fight. That\u2019s a waste of time and money and the lives of the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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