President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urges advocates of an independent Mindanao to drop the agenda. This, a week after former president Rodrigo Duterte’s statement on the subject made national headlines.
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00:00 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. urges advocates of an independent Mindanao to drop the agenda.
00:06 This, a week after former President Rodrigo Duterte's statement on the subject made national headlines.
00:12 I strongly appeal to all of us here to shut up this call for a separate Mindanao.
00:18 It is a big, powerful, and powerful issue.
00:21 The president adds, "The call for a separate Mindanao is doomed to fail, for it is
00:26 anchored on a false premise, not to mention a sheer constitutional travesty."
00:31 He says the 1987 constitution does not entertain the concept of secession.
00:36 On January 30, Duterte asked former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez to lead the movement.
00:42 Several Mindanaoan leaders, including BARM Chief Minister Ahud Ibrahim, also known as Alhaj Murad,
00:48 rejected Duterte's call for an independent Mindanao.
00:51 (bell chimes)