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Marawi Still Shows Battle Scars 5 Years After City Declared Liberated

Froilan Gallardo/Marawi,Philippines

A van travels past ruined buildings in central Marawi, Oct. 17, 2022.photo Courtesy:Froilan Gallardo/BenarNews

Five years after then-President Rodrigo Duterte declared government forces had liberated the southern city of Marawi from Islamic State militants, the area remains far from normal with thousands of residents living in limbo in temporary shelters. 

While there are signs of life, the once-bustling provincial capital appears to be a ghost town. A section of the city where pitched battles occurred remains closed over concerns about unexploded ordnance.

Mamarinta Radia,58,stands outside his rebuilt hardware store in Marawi, Oct. 17, 2022.Photo Courtesy:Froilan Gallardo/BenarNews

Before leaving office in June, Duterte signed the Marawi Seige Compensation Act of 2022,mandating creation of a board to determine compensation for the thousands displaced by the violence in Marawi. But six months have passed and little has changed, observers say, even though different agencies have interviewed residents.

“It is high time for the government to take serious steps … to ensure that the compensation law is implemented in an inclusive, transparent and judicious manner,” said Saripada Pacasum of the Marawi Reconstruction Conflict Watch, a group monitoring developments in the city. 

Women sell food from a street stand in Marawi, Oct. 17, 2022.Photo Courtesy:Froilan Gallardo/BenarNews

“IDP’s, particularly home-based ones, have raised concerns over earlier profiling done, and demand inclusion” on the compensation list, Pacasum said, using an abbreviation for internally displaced persons.

“Meanwhile, there are hostage survivors and victims who are not residents of Marawi but were impacted by the siege, such as employees, service workers and transients.” 

The law allocated 1 billion pesos (U.S. $16.9 million) as an initial budget for compensation, but the money has yet to trickle down to frontline agencies, officials said. 

A shop selling brassware is open for business in Marawi, Oct. 17, 2022.Photo Courtesy:Gallardo/BenarNews

“We continue to appeal to our legislators and economic managers to ensure appropriate funding for the implementation of the Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Law,” said Rolanisah Dipatuan-Dimaporo, another member of the monitoring group.

“We need not remind you of the thousands of lives shattered by the conflict and the extensive property destruction in our city,” he said.

A construction worker lives in this abandoned building with his family, Oct. 17, 2022.Photo Courtesy:Froilan Gallardo/BenarNews

“For example, private schools and hospitals have been asking for inclusion in the Marawi rehabilitation plan. None of the private hospitals in MAA (most affected area) has been able to rebuild since 2017. We have yet to receive a single centavo for us to rebuild in Marawi,” he stressed.

He and others called on Duterte’s successor, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., to fast-track the appointment of a Marawi Compensation Board to formulate the rules and regulations required to implement the law.

A sign in front of a construction site in Marawi shows what the future could bring, Oct. 17, 2022. Photo Courtesy:Froilan Gallardo/BenarNews
A Philippine soldier patrols on the roof of a reconstructed building in Marawi, Oct. 17, 2022. [photo Courtesy:Froilan Gallardo/BenarNews
 

Duterte declared Marawi liberated on Oct. 17, 2017 – nearly five months after militants linked to the Islamic State seized the city on May 23, 2017. Government forces launched a final assault against the militants on Oct. 23, 2017, killing 42.

As many as 1,200 militant fighters, government forces and civilians were killed during the siege, according to the government.

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