muslims asked to back mindanao independence

in my last post, june 16, 2005, mindanao calls for an independence if pgma will be ousted using mob rule. two political figures from mindanao, davao city mayor rodrigo duterte and davao del norte rep. pantaleon alvarez are advocating the idea for the mindanao republic.

a muslim council chaired by amina rasul, the philippine council for islam and democracy [or pcid] urging its own brother muslims to support calls for a mindanao independence. in their statement, the pcid said that muslims should heed any serious call for mindanao independence.

amina rasul added with questions: "what has mindanao been getting from being part of the country, anyway? poor share of the fruits of national development? social, economic and political instability."

yes, the questions of amina rasul is striking and true. mindanao shares 65% percent of the country's domestic goods but it is given only a meager part of the national budget.

whatever happens to this congress inquiry, i hope they will be careful enough to remove the president from its seat using legal means. or they will suffer losing the country's most valued asset, the mindanao.