SPEECH OF INTERIM CHIEF MINISTER AL HAJ MURAD EBRAHIM DURING FLAG RAISING CEREMONY MAY 20, 2019

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I pray and hope that everyone is well in this holy and blessed month of
Ramadhan.

This is indeed a month of tests and trials, with hunger and thirst as the
two most trying conditions we have to patiently endure during the
daytime for a whole lunar month.

This is made more doubly challenging as we had just finished the mid-
term elections, also one of the most divisive activities we have to
undergo every three years.

I am personally thankful that the canvassing of election returns inside

the OCM compound went peacefully and orderly. But the scenes of
rumbles in Lanao del Sur and violent encounters in Sulu were something
that pained us.

Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people unless they
change what is within themselves.
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What is this that the Qur’an described as “maa bi anfusihim”? If the
election was a measure of ourselves as a people, then it is our
continuing patronage for unprincipled politics that will not lead us to
real change in our condition as a people.

If you voted politicians based on the money they gave you, then do not
expect that the Internal Revenue Allotment of your respective local
governments would be used for the development of your places. We
only have ourselves to blame if the elected politicians would turn out to
be as corrupt, insensitive and uncaring for the people.

Election is a time to stand up for principle and character. It is not

outside of our revolution and struggle to have a government that is
established on the basis of truth, justice and care for the people.

Be that as it may, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region will do its level

best to see to it that the local governments will perform their mandates
for the coming three years. The future Bangsamoro local government
code as well as the electoral code must set the tone for a new regime of
laws in the field of local governance and electoral reforms.

Today, I will be receiving formally the proposed transition plan crafted

by the CT4T as agreed by both peace panels of the MILF and GPH. Soon,
I shall be submitting the same, with the appropriate revisions from the
Cabinet, to the BTA. In the meantime, I encourage the respective
ministries and offices to enrich the discussions on the proposed
transition plan via the technical working group created for the purpose,
and through the Cabinet.

I have already issued a directive to all ministries and offices to give

incentives to our workers during this month of Ramadhan.

I do hope that the Ministers and heads of offices would find the means
to extend that assistance.

In closing, I join you in looking forward to another productive week of

public service.

Thank you.