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Revamp in Task Force Bangon Marawi pressed anew By Ali G. Macabalang
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takeholders in the campaign for rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi City and the recovery of its thousands of displaced resident families have continued to air dismay over the slow implementation of enabling state interventions, notably those being mandated for the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) to lead, coordinate and harmonize. Their demands for transparency in the expenditures of public funds and dona-
tions for rehabilitation efforts as well as criticisms on the lack of official pronouncements in true status of intervening projects and programs have remained unanswered by state authorities like the TFBM. This writer took the cudgel to float lately in the Facebook social media the question: “Are you in favor of a popular call for reorganization of Task Force Bangon Marawi and appointment of its new chairman?” as an in-
formal survey meant to help gather public sentiments as guide for higher authorities like Malacañang and Congress to possibly consider. The survey question was posted in seven Facebook pages being frequented by Bangsamoro audiences including the people of Marawi City. From the different Facebook pages, the question gathered more than 300 responses mostly asserting that a revamp on the TFBM
was “long overdue.” But it also drew three replies from netizens opposed or adamant about the revamp, arguing that reorganizing the task force might even cause further delay in the snail-paced rehabilitation stride. Some netizens even suggested the choice of DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu, MinDA Chair Manny Pinol and DPWH Sec. Mark Villar in replacement of Sec. Eduardo del Rosario as TFMB chairman. REVAMP | A2
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