“Hence, no one speaks out,” she added. “This is why kidnappings keep happening.”
The MCPA leader said the networks of this type have become a source of profit in provinces where warlords and clans hold sway. She also cited suspicions that sometimes, warlords use kidnappings as a tool against other warlords.
“That is why it is difficult to view the ASG’s kidnapping activities as neutral to the politico wars and clan wars,” she said. “It may be recalled that the ASG’s Commander Robot was known as a former driver and hireling of Sulu Gov. Abdulsakur Tan.”
Eliminating the ASG
To eliminate the ASG, Lidasan said, the MNLF and the MILF need to muster the political will to put an end to the groups that perpetrate kidnappings. It would mean, she said, helping cut the warlords’ power over the communities, as well as their ties with the local government, the military, and the police.
“The government will not do anything like that, since Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo even coddles known warlords in Mindanao,” Lidasan said. “So to prove that they provide an alternative, the MNLF and the MILF should present the right governance and society to the people and not let kidnapping and warlordism thrive.”(Bulatlat.com)
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you are right, but who will dismantle the private armies of the Dimaaporo's Matalams, etc, etc, even muslim mayors of lanao del sur acts as if they are the king of the road when travelling in convoys ignoring traffic signs and lights. who can change their attitudes on the road? i dont know, i hope you have the answer to this..
War on mindanao is cause not by the difference in religion but the controliing of the bountiful land that mindanao have. Government says that the solution to end this war is to eliminate this terrorist group; but to give the mindanao people the right governance and support to their land… hehehehe… So kailangan natin makibaka para sa isang tunay na kalayaan dahil sa pamamagitan lamang ng pakikibaka makakalaya tayo sa mga taong oppurtunista at ganid…