The Barrage of Iligan City
Janet An Braza Some time in 1989 and on August 22, 2006, a plebiscite was done in Iligan City concerning the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Some accepted, but majority resented on the issue. Ninety-seven percent voted “No”. As a result, not one baranggay in Iligan was part of the ARMM. Even the Muslims residing in Iligan City voted “No.” Recently, the Ancestral Domain aspect of the GRP-MILF Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed before the day of the SONA of President Gloria M. Arroyo on July 28, 2008. Some leaders in Mindanao did not care about this thinking that there areas of jurisdiction were not included and nor affected. But Senator M. Zubiri himself was vehemently against the inclusion of Brgy. Pamotolan in Kalilangan, Bukidnon, which is his home place. In Lanao del Norte, in particular, seven of its towns and Iligan City (and 8 of its baranggays) were included. Peace Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. said that there would be no chaos in Mindanao . He kno...
