94 lawmakers support Marawivictims compensation bill
At least 94 lawmakers have House leadership. their homee. It also seeks the creation signed as co-authors of a bill Hataman said the approval The proposed measure of the Marawi Compensation seeking to providc compensa- .of the measure is of utmost seeks to provide compensa- Board to be given a budget of tion to victims of the Marawi importance as residents of tion to owners of real estate P30 billion. siege in 2017. Marawi rnark the second anni- propertie6 destroyed in the will have nine The board Deputy Speaker Mutiv Hata- versary of their liberation from members appointed by the siege at P1,500 per square me- man, principal author of House Maute militants tomorrow. ter for houses and P2,000 per President to be composed of Bill 3543, which is co-authored He noted that thousands of square meter for commercial representatives from civil so- by Anak Mindanao partyJist residents have yet to rebuild establiahments. ciety groups. - Delon Porcalla Rep, Amihilda Sangcopan, said there has been an outpouring of eupport for the proposal. "If this urgent piece of n'n--,'" legislation is passed into law it will address the grievances of our fellow Maranao who survived the Marawi siege and yet continue to suffer due to a continuous cycle of intustice," Hataman said. "Manv of our colleaeues in Congrdss believe that ihere ehould be compensation to Marawi victims,.. Our Muslim brothers have suffered enough and helping them to rise up is the least we can do," he said, Hataman said the proposal to create a sub-committee on Marawi under the House committee on disaster man- agement was also met with a favorable response from the