Ito ang naging pahayag ni Senador Imee Marcos nang tanungin siya nitong Huwebes, Pebrero 1 nang tanungin patungkol sa planong “separate and independent” Mindanao.
Matatandaan na pinalutang ni dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang naturang usapin, sabay-sabing maaaring bumuo ng grupo ang local political forces para maabot ang plano.
“I don’t agree as I’ve said it’s heart wrenching. I hope it never happens. It’s horrible to think that the Republic will be eviscerated – our entire archipelago,” pagbabahagi ni Marcos sa panayam ng ANC.
Bukod kay Marcos, maging si Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri na isang Mindanaoan, ay nagsabing pinakahuli ito sa maaaring maisip o naisin ng ating bansa.
“With due respect to the former president, I think right now the last thing that we want is for our country to be in chaos and fall apart. I think we should slow down the fighting because what is important there is the welfare of the people and I think all these fighting between the different groups is not going to be good for our economy, it’s not going to be good for our country, it’s not going to be good for our children and our children’s children,” ani Zubiri.
Iginiit ni Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III na tutol siya sa anumang suhestyon na paghihiwalay ng anumang bahagi ng teritoryo ng Pilipinas.
“We have to work tirelessly on making this nation function as a working effective State,” ayon kay Pimentel. RNT/JGC
