Challenge to MILF: help secure the NGCP towers in Mindanao
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) should play an active role to ensure the coming May 2016 elections will push through in Mindanao by helping secure the transmission towers of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) that have been the subject of at least 17 bomb attacks since last year.
If you recall, the latest NGCP tower bombing occurred in Cotabato just a few weeks ago.
“There can be no better time for the MILF to show good faith and sincerity than now when the BBL (Bangsamoro Basic Law) is under consideration in the legislature,” said Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, the leading vice-presidential candidate in the May polls.
Escudero said that while the NGCP has issued urgent appeals to the military, police and local residents to help secure its towers, the MI...