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:{:-:=an- the fllrmer govemor
:: ::e . -\utonomous Regron in
l"i-:-- ].f:laanao, said the \Iara*i
C:*:r:-.ancn Biil is an 'trsent piece
Compensate ;'i -=:-.,:iion" ihat '-w'i11 address the
sie. ]-:s of our fellow Meranarv qho
havE s;;:i-edtJre Marawi siege and 1'et
Marawi {ity cor:ne to suffer
,1'r--ie ci i n i i:stice. "
due to a continuous

"-i.s , ibe bill go€s tlrough the

siege victims
-lawmakers
By MaricelV. Cruz and
Macon Ramos-Araneta
lir-O
ia:*makers from Mindanao have
:-'=; a bill that proposes to compensate
;--=-=s of the five-month 'Marawi
S:+ge c\-er tlvo years ago, citing the
r,:Lr Ceplorable state ofthe evacuated
*-ho are still waiting for the
=r:;inrs
-=nent's
_i:-. promise of rehabilitation.
?.epr*entatives Mujiv Hataman
:: 3:silan and Amihilda Sangcopan
:: -:'rak 11fudenao Party-list Soup,
.-+--ls ot Hou-se Biil 3543, known as
-1.1,-ri-r Siege \ictims Compensation
.:-;: :: lr-,19." seek 'to quantify and
r =::-:.-;.' -egisiate payment for lost
'=---:=-.j ir destro,ved properties of
' --:::*< ,:r l0i7 trIarawi crisis."
=e
ieglsi.li'g process, we need rivery ounce
of sucrcn frcm our S{eranaw brothers
ald si:-eis rvhose strength sustains their
cail* ;c; -ir:stice: We also seek zuppOrt
tcrn ':e resr of the Fiiipino people.
*-ho=e soridarity is necessary for this
bili to pass as a national expression of
&e government's cornmitnient to irs
f ec,p*l5, -' Hatanan saici.
The bill pror.i<ies fr-rr the, mc'netaqr'
ccmpecsaticn *:r l*:al e,staE pr*perries
darnaged or desroyed during the siege. it
pqged the amount at Pl,500 per square
metEr for residences and P2,000 per
sgutre meter for commercial sfuctures.
There ilo, however, preconditions
in the granting of this amount, rvhich
are specified on the bill's Chapter
3 (Claimants Compensadon). and
specificaliy sections 14 and 15. Pa,rment
applies -only to lawful owners of "&e
properties lost of damaged.
"Tw-o years after the l!{arar': s-;g:.
it is heartbreaking that marl'\1---.r
families affected by the crs:s -- s:F-*;
their Eid in tents and tem.pl:=. =::-:=
I am rvith them in their r-i::-. - =c
pral: that their suffi: ; -*
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