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Vice President Leni Robredo (screenshot from her Facebook account)
MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Leni Robredo is calling for more urgent rehabilitation efforts and initiatives in Marawi City three years after local terrorists besieged the city.
Robredo remembered and honored the residents and government forces who lost their lives during the five-month hostilities in 2017 on Sunday.
“Today we remember the Marawi we lost, even as we renew the call for a more urgent approach to the rehabilitation process and recommit ourselves to rebuilding a more peaceful and prosperous city,” he said in a statement.
HOPE AMONG RUINS Residents of 24 Marawi villages at the center of the five-month battle between gunmen and soldiers linked to the Islamic State in 2017 hope to rise from the ruins when the government begins rehabilitation of the city. (File photo by RICHEL V.UMEL / Inquirer Mindanao)
“Insha Allah, we can get up again,” he added.
He noted that thousands of Marawi city residents remain displaced and city buildings remain in ruins.
“The city has yet to regain something close to normal, much less its former glory as a cultural and economic center,” Robredo said.
He added that the siege of the city of Marawi serves as a reminder that violent extremism remains one of the greatest threats to society and, to address this, “frustrations must be met with compassion.”
DELAY The rehabilitation of the city of Marawi has not yet been completed three years after the siege. – (DIVINA SUSON)
In addition, the vice president said that equitable and inclusive progress must be achieved for the residents of the city of Marawi.
“Liberation involves much more than silencing the shots,” he added.
A United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) model house is located in the transitional shelter in Barangay Sagonsongan, Marawi City. DIVINA M. SUSON
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