{"id":272338,"date":"2020-10-20T00:51:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T04:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=272338"},"modified":"2020-10-20T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T04:51:09","slug":"govt-will-spend-until-marawi-is-restored-to-former-glory-prrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/20\/govt-will-spend-until-marawi-is-restored-to-former-glory-prrd\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t will spend until Marawi is restored to former glory: PRRD"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: The city has been left in ruins after the five-month battle between the government troops and local terrorists. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The national government will spend until war-torn Marawi City is rebuilt to its former glory, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday night.<\/p>\n

In his weekly Talk to the Nation, Duterte assured that the government has enough funds and is willing to look for more if necessary to rehabilitate Marawi City.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe money is there, do not worry. And we will continue to spend until such time that Marawi is rebuilt to its former glory,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added though that it might take \u201csome time\u201d before the city can be liveable again.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know it\u2019s not easy to do that. It might take some time before we can really reach the ideal place that you\u2019d call home,\u201d he said. \u201cWe started it and we are at it already because the clearing of explosives\u00a0ang matagal<\/em>\u00a0(takes long).\u201d<\/p>\n

He also refuted criticisms made by watchdog Marawi Reconstruction Conflict Watch that there is “no real liberation” three years after his declaration.<\/p>\n

\u201cItong mga tao na nagrereklamo ang sabi<\/em>\u00a0(These people complaining, saying), there is no liberation of Marawi yet. Look, government liberated Marawi not from the people of Marawi. We never do that and we never did it. We liberated Marawi against the terrorist Maute pati yung (and also) ISIS,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He added that the government \u201cnever said it is occupied by anybody except by the government and the peace-loving Filipinos.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, it is not freed of the activities of the terrorists, but if you\u2019re talking about liberation,\u00a0tapos na \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(it\u2019s done) at the expense of blood of both sides.\u00a0Pero sa akin mas masakit<\/em>\u00a0(it\u2019s more painful) because I\u2019m the commander in chief,\u00a0marami akong sundalong namatay<\/em>\u00a0(many of my soldiers died),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte explained that nobody wanted to deal with widespread death and destruction after the Maute group laid siege on the city for five months, starting on May 23, 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are doing our best. We did not ask for this fight, we had to destroy because it was the only way to put down the enemy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque earlier said Duterte wanted rehabilitation efforts for Marawi City \u201chastened.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just say that we are satisfied but the President of course would appreciate if it could be hastened,\u201d he said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) chairman and housing Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said rehabilitation is on track and will meet the December 2021 deadline to finish rehabilitating the city.<\/p>\n

Duterte declared Marawi City free from the terrorist Maute group on Oct. 17, 2017.<\/p>\n

The 2017 siege prompted Duterte to place the entire Mindanao under martial rule until Dec. 31, 2019 to quell the terrorism in the southern part of the country.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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