Many of them are still jobless and without homes around 6 years since it was liberated from terrorists.
ILIGAN CITY— Displaced residents of Marawi City and other stakeholders on Thursday urged the government to help them attain a “dignified, voluntary, and safe” return to Marawi City, saying many of them are still jobless and without homes around 6 years since it was liberated from terrorists.
“They just want to go home, they just want to go back to Marawi while we recognize and we welcome the Marawi Compensation Law that has created the Marawi Compensation Board, there has been a lot of issues surfacing,” he said. Only 95 families have been able to return to Marawi's "ground zero," said Tirmizy Abdullah, a convener of the Marawi Advocacy Accompaniment.
“All of these problems the issue on electricity, the humanitarian needs and services still persisting in the evacuation centers… the problem of contract of lease, it is supposed to be – these are not problems if only their rehabilitation, the post-Marawi rehabilitation was done well,” he said. “Itong mga problema na ito, ang problema sa contract of lease na marami nang nag-end this year and soon to end this year.
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