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After 40 Years, a marker commemorating Jabidah Massacre is now installed.
On March 18, 2008, Anak Mindanao (AMIN) Party List Representative Mujiv Hataman led a delegation of personalities, leaders and members coming from different organizations in the Philippines to the island of Corregidor. This Corregidor trip was part of the culmination of a week-long activity billed as Bangsamoro Week conducted jointly by the Office of AMIN Party List Representative to Congress, Rep. Mujiv S. Hataman, BANGSA, Anak Mindanao (AMIN) - NCR Chapter, Mindanaw Forum, Inc., Moro Human Rights Center and Pinay Kilos (PinK).
The main event of the Corregidor trip was the unveiling of a commemorative marker of the Jabidah Massacre by AMIN Rep. Mujiv Hataman and the lone survivor of Jabidah Massacre, Mr. Jibin Arula. The unveiling ceremony was attended by more than 200 people coming from different Muslim communities in Metro Manila, Moro organizations, the Press, the Mindanao Caravan for Peace and various Civil Society organizations coming from Metro Manila.
The installation of a commemorative marker for the Jabidah Massacre and the return of the lone survivor, Mr. Jibin Arula, to Corregidor Island after 40 years, were two historical firsts.
The commemorative marker was the brainchild of Rep. Mujiv Hataman. Being himself an activist of the Bangsamoro struggle for self-determination, Rep. Hataman, thought that it would be fitting that a symbol that would remind us of the injustices committed against the Bangsamoro must be installed in the very place where such atrocities happened. Hence, a marker commemorating Jabidah Massacre was installed in the very spot where the horrendous incident took place on the island of Corregidor.
The participation of Mr. Jibin Arula to this event was made possible by the Mindanao Peoples Caucus who led the Mindanao Caravan for Peace that traveled from Mindanao to Visayas and Luzon to campaign for the signing of the Peace Agreements between the GRP and the MILF. The caravan's final destination was Corregidor, in time for the commemoration of the Jabidah Massacre and the unveiling of the commemorative marker.
The Corregidor Foundation, Inc. (CFI) through its Executive Director, Lt.Col.Artemio Matibag, had chosen the very spot where the massacre happened as the place for the marker to be installed. The marker was placed on the wall of a ruins of a bunker at Kindley Airfield. This bunker is less than five meters to the ravine where Jibin Arula jumped and saved his life forty years ago.
The unveiling program was simple and brief. A panel of speakers where lined up led by Rep. Mujiv Hataman followed by the representatives of the Moro National Liberation Front, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and the Mindanao Peace Caravan. The program was highlighted by the recollection and testimony of Mr. Jibin Arula about what really happened on that fateful day forty years ago.
After Kindley Airfield, the group went to the ruins of what was once a pre-war hospital building. It was on this place, according to Mr. Jibin Arula, that they were billeted for their training. From this place, they were taken into a tunnel going to the Kindley Airfield where they were mercilessly mowed down by gunfire.
Anak Mindanao (AMIN) Party List National President, Prof. Moy Edding sent a Message for the occasion on behalf of AMIN National Council, congratulating AMIN Rep. Mujiv Hataman and members of AMIN-NCR for a job well done. AMIN President Edding also expressed that this event is a milestone that will be remembered in the annals of the history of the Bangsamoro Struggle for self-determination.
The unveiling ceremony was a big success not only because of the installation of the marker. Rep. Hataman and the Corregidor Foundation, Inc had agreed that a Moro Garden for Peace will be constructed and developed on the location of the marker. A long term plan for the development of the spot will soon be put on the planning table. Also, Rep. Hataman is planning to conduct an all Mindanao / Moro Youth Peace Camp at Corregidor Island of which the Corregidor Foundation, Inc. readily expressed their support.
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