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THE PHILIPPINE STAR :

news j weoHesoev I ocroBER 16,2019

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

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