on strictly politics with gigi grande, interior and local govt secretary jesse robredo said ARMM elections should be postponed because as history shows, elections have not helped improve the extreme poverty in the autonomous region of muslim mindanao. asked if the elections had ever been postponed before, he happily said yes, eight times in fact, LOL
according to ARMM History by the Institute of Autonomy and Governance, circa 2006:
Aside from having negligible powers, the ARMM was also hostage to the power-brokers in Malacanang. Since it was created, t he ARMM has been led by local politicians who had been “anointed” by whoever sits in the presidential palace. The first regional governor was the local stalwart of Pres. Aquino’s Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP). The second one was a Maranaw protégé of Pres. Fidel V. Ramos. During the third ARMM elections, the FPA with the MNLF has just been signed. MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari was persuaded by Pres. Ramos to run for ARMM governor. Misuari ran virtually unopposed in the 1998 ARMM elections. By that time, a new president had replaced Ramos – Joseph Estrada. Estrada’s term was cut short by another “People Power” mass action at EDSA in 2001 because of a popular perception of his alleged plunder and other crimes against the Filipino nation. The Vice President then, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took oath as the new president. Like her predecessors, Arroyo lost no time in directing who will become the new ARMM governor. Along with her power-brokers, she made possible the (in)famous break-up of the MNLF Central Committee, easing out Misuari as its chairman. A so-called “Council of 15” was organized, with Dr. Parouk Hussin as its leader. Eventually, Malacanang also anointed Hussin to be the new ARMM governor. In last year’s elections, a new face in regional politics surfaced as the winner in the contest for the ARMM governor’s post – Gov. Datu Zaldy “Puti” Ampatuan. Despite the declaration of the ARMM as a “free zone” in terms of the most likely to be elected regional governor, there are persistent views that the new ARMM governor is also Malacanang’s bet – he is the son of Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan, widely known as Pres. GMA’s favorite local political ally.
eh baka naman kaya walang mangyari sa ARMM, dahil kahit kailan ay hindi naman kinilala ang autonomy nito, ‘no?
tignan natin. Ang point kasi ng administration ay kailangan dis-armahan muna ang mga private armies ng mga pulitko bago magkaroon ng tunay na election doon. Sabi nila ang Armm to be synchronized daw with 2013 elections. Meron din naman sa armm na sang ayon sa postponement until 2013.
So sa aking pananaw give the admin until 2013. And ask them to give regular progress reports on the disarming of private armies – sino ang na disarm, ilang baril ang nakompiska etc. etc.
Ang ikinaiba ngayon doon sa dating kalakaran ay ngayon parang ang tinatarget ay yun mga warlords sa armm.
sana maging successful sa disarmament ng sa ganun magkaroon naman ng chance ang mga mamamayan sa Armm namakapaghalal ng tunay na pinili nila.
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sorry the link to ARMM history leads now to a different article :(