Targeting Meranaw innocence

for all of us. We do not receive clear cut plans for us. Not a single penny is received by me, an IDP from Lumbaca Madaya in one of the zones of the ground zero. We have not been attended to as a people in contrary to what Tulfo wrote about us. We cannot even see or visit our personal houses without the Task Force Bangon Marawi’s consent.

The disgruntled few Meranaw individuals who are violently speaking against the government having no concrete plans is actually a fact. But we are decent enough to accept that only a few of our people are impatient already and the majority is still waiting in vain because we believe in what this government can offer.

These few, if there are, do not represent the Meranaws in the land. We deserve to be asked, researched upon before one can carelessly claim how bad we are as a people. As they say, respect begets respect.

Mal-information about us Mernanaws have been escalating in different platforms and genre these days. While others are making a mockery about us, we have patiently waited and trusted the government that our people chose to have.

Nonetheless, researching about what really happened is a must. I cannot accept the words coming from a reputable person saying that “Marawi residents didn’t inform the police and military about the presence of strangers…” What a cliché. What happened to national intelligence then? Are civilians more aware than them?

I am a friend to Muslims and non-Muslims alike. I bring foreign friends in Marawi since I was a student. I was even educated in a Christian school in Marawi where nonMeranaws are welcome to teach and study. Hence, it is not new for us to have new faces