From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 4): Malacanang: Kiram should coordinate with Sulu local crisis management body
Malacanang said Sultan Kiram of the Sulu Sultanate should coordinate with the local crisis management committee of Sulu if he is really serious in helping for the release of the Bansil sisters kidnapped by Muslim extremists in the south.
Kiram offered to help the government in negotiating for the freedom of the Bansil sisters.
The sultan should talk to Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or to Gov. Sakur Tan of Sulu because they are the ones in charge, Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a press conference in Malacanang on Thursday.
“Governor Sakur Tan is the local crisis action committee head and Governor Hataman is also assisting in his capacity as ARMM governor [is] also helping out in that area. So he would have to discuss it with Governor Abdusakur Tan and Governor Hataman,” Lacierda said.
It isn’t necessary to offer the help to the Palace and the sultan should go directly to the local crisis committee it he’s willing to help free the hostages, Lacierda said.
Gov Sakur Tan is on top of the situation and the national government is getting regular updates from the local level, the Palace official said.
Nadjoua Bansil, 39, and younger sister Linda, 36, were abducted in Jolo on June 22 while working on a documentary about its impoverished residents, Lacierda said.
The military and the police blamed the Abu Sayyaf Group for the recent kidnappings.
The Abu Sayyaf Group was founded with the help of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the 1990s. TheUS
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Malacanang said Sultan Kiram of the Sulu Sultanate should coordinate with the local crisis management committee of Sulu if he is really serious in helping for the release of the Bansil sisters kidnapped by Muslim extremists in the south.
Kiram offered to help the government in negotiating for the freedom of the Bansil sisters.
The sultan should talk to Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or to Gov. Sakur Tan of Sulu because they are the ones in charge, Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in a press conference in Malacanang on Thursday.
“Governor Sakur Tan is the local crisis action committee head and Governor Hataman is also assisting in his capacity as ARMM governor [is] also helping out in that area. So he would have to discuss it with Governor Abdusakur Tan and Governor Hataman,” Lacierda said.
It isn’t necessary to offer the help to the Palace and the sultan should go directly to the local crisis committee it he’s willing to help free the hostages, Lacierda said.
Gov Sakur Tan is on top of the situation and the national government is getting regular updates from the local level, the Palace official said.
Nadjoua Bansil, 39, and younger sister Linda, 36, were abducted in Jolo on June 22 while working on a documentary about its impoverished residents, Lacierda said.
The military and the police blamed the Abu Sayyaf Group for the recent kidnappings.
The Abu Sayyaf Group was founded with the help of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the 1990s. The
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