DILG Sec Mar Roxas participated in the press brief of the Zamboanga City Crisis Management Committee (CMC) regularly. I am not sure if Tagalog or Filipino is his first language, but in his attempt to speak to the nation, he used the word and labelled the MNLF Misuari Group as "mananakop". This is uniquely Mar Roxas as most other government officials and media used the common words "rebels" or "rebelde".
"Mananakop"? Surprising!
When do we use this word? Looking back to our history and scanning through history books, we are made to understand that "mananakop" is associated with Spanish, Japanese and American colonial powers., i.e. "Ang mga Kastilang mananakop", "Mga mananakop na Hapon", Mga Amerikanong mananakop". In short, foreign aggressors.
Is he now implying that that the MNLF Misuari Group is a foreign aggressor? Is he inadvertently implying that the Bangsamoro Republik declared by Misuari group already a country? If not, Sulu and Basilan, from where most of the armed rebels came from, are they not part of the Philippine Republic? Therefore, Misuari's armed group in Zamboanga is a bunch of "mananakop" as in foreign troops invading a piece of our country?
Is Mar Roxas unilaterally abrogating the GRP-MNLF FPA and does not anymore recognize any of these rebels as citizens of this country? So why are we charging these them with rebellion and treason? How can they be rebels when Sec Roxas view them as "mananakop"? How can they be charge of treason when they owe no loyalty to our republic? In fact, according to Mar Roxas, they are not "rebelde", but "mananakop"!
Even the rebels will be puzzled. How can they be "mananakop" in their own homeland? Perhaps old habits never die, Mr Secretary? Okey Mr Secretary, let us return all the "mananakop" to where they came from. Shall we now return these Spanish creoles to Spain? And these settlers and their descendants back your home place in the Visayas and Luzon?
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