When guns shadow the Bangsamoro ballot

The Manila Times 29 Aug Philippines

“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln LESS than a month before the Bangsamoro people go to the polls for their first regular parliamentary elections, gunfire again intruded into the region’s difficult journey from armed conflict to democratic politics. On Aug. 15, the convoy of Bangsamoro Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof “Sammy Gambar” Maca

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