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TIIE NATION'S I.EAI'ING NEWSPAPER

Mindanao News 11 r
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::j i Tuesday, August 20;

Mangudadittu Pusling
for creation of
Maguindanao North
air,land and sea.
Aside from its viabilitY to all
Mindanao lawmaker forms of transPoftation, Sultan
is pushing for the cre- Kudarat hotds historical sig-
ation of the so-called nificance among Muslims, the
aguindanao North, lawmakerpointed out.
which would effectivelY divide the "The name of the municiPal-
current Maguindanao Province ity itself is named after Sultan
into two. Mohammad DiPatuan Kudarat
Maguindanao 2nd district who ruled.the Sultanate of.Magu-
indanao for more than 50 Years.
Rep. Esmael "Toto" Manguda- -For-ud, \\--
datu embodied this ProPosal in he is our hero, a great
his House Bill (HB) No. 3405' leader who fought and defended
which also designates the torlm the Islam faith and our domain
of Sultan Kudarat as the caPital from foreign invaders. Wth this'
of ttie envisioned Maguindanao we hold his memory close to ow
North. hearts," Mangudadatu said.
The bill's exPlanatory note The creation of Maguindanao
said that the creation of the North would mean dividing the
province of Maguindanao North' Maguindanao into two Provinces,
will not only expedite the delivery namely, Maguindano North and
of basic services to the com- Maguindanao.
munjties but will also imProve Mangudadatu rationalized
the efficiency and effectiveness that while Maguindanao was
of promoting develoPment and vastly rich in natural resources'
growth at the local level. but has remained consider-
"House 8il1 3405 is drafted ably poor because government
witti the primary intention of projects and Programs were not
bringing services to the PeoPle equally distributed.
efficientty and immediatelY," 'rwith the establishmertt of
stressed Mangudadatu, who is a this new province, its constitu-
former Maguindanao governor. ents will and can expect a more
He further noted that the accessilrle, accountable and re-
naming of the municiPalitY of sponsive local government unit,'l
Suttan Kudarat as the Provincial Mangudadatu said.
capital would be most Pr4ctical Mangundadatu filed the mea-
choice dUe to its accessibilityvia sure lastAugust 5.

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