PNP, AFP talk with Cebu’s Muslim community
TALIÑO
Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) director Chief Supt. Noli Taliño together with Armed Forces’ Central Command commander Major General Raul del Rosario met with Muslim leaders in Cebu Monday morning to strengthen ties with each other.
About 30 local Muslim leaders went to the San Nicolas Proper Barangay Hall in Cebu City and vowed to support the government in maintaining peace and order in the community.
“Lahat tayo ay Pilipino. Iisang lahi ang pinangalingan natin. Walang Muslim o Kristiyano. Lahat tayo ang magkapareho. Magkapareha ang kulay ng ating dugo. Kaya, dapat tulong-tulong tayo sa ating inaasam na kapayapaan,” said Taliño while addressing the crowd, that includes about six barangay captains, and Cebu City Councilor Dave Tumulak.
(All of us are Filipinos. We belong to the same race. There’s is neither Muslim nor Christian. We are equal. The same blood runs through our veins. And so, we should help each other attain the peace we all wanted).
Taliño, a former chief of the Special Action Force, said President Rodrigo Duterte has made significant changes to eliminate illegal drugs, crimes, and corruption only to be ruined by terrorists group.
“Masakit yong nangyari sa Davao City. Kung mawawala sana ang ganitong mga bagay, napakaganda sana ng ating kominidad. (The bomb attack in Davao was painful. If incidents like this will vanish, we would have a better community),” he said.
Taliño said the support shown by the Muslim community in Cebu made him very happy.
Malo Manunggiring, director of the National Commission on Muslim Filipino in Central Visayas, said the Muslim community in the region has been very supportive to law enforcers and the local government units for several years.
“What we do now is only to enhance what has already been achieved. We understand each other. You accept us as your neighbor and we also compensate the respect you gave us,” he said.
Manunggiring promised to monitor Muslims in the region so as to avert any terror attacks.
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