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Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

MARAWI CITY\u2014Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said federalism would break what he said was the colonization of Mindanao by the \u201celite in Manila.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe colonization of the Spaniards was continued by the Americans and the elite in Manila after Philippine independence,\u201d Duterte said at a forum on federalism here early this week.<\/p>\n\n

Duterte said the peace and order problem in Mindanao started when colonizers applied the divide-and-rule tactic on Muslims and Christians.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt was easier to rule a people divided,\u201d he told Maranaos at the GMA gymnasium here on Tuesday, where the forum was held.<\/p>\n\n

The feisty Davao City mayor said a federal form of government will not only end the \u201cfratricidal struggles\u201d between different cultures in Mindanao but will certainly pave the way for prosperity.<\/p>\n\n

He said almost all the countries in Southeast Asia have federal forms of government and are very progressive because they have ended conflicts among their people.<\/p>\n\n

This was why, he said, he wants federalism so badly that he wants to see it in place before he dies.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI would be happy to die if the Philippines gets federated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n

Duterte also repeated an earlier statement that federalism is the only option to the Bangsamoro Basic Law.<\/p>\n\n

He said the central government must accept federalism for the people of Mindanao or they might resort to separatism.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt is my dream to see peace in Mindanao,\u201d Duterte added.<\/p>\n\n

Responding to calls made by Maranaos for him to run in the 2016 presidential elections, he said he was more interested in seeing a federal form of government taking shape.<\/p>\n\n

But then, he added that if it was the will of God that he become president, he would gladly oblige.<\/p>\n\n

Duterte reiterated that should he become president, he would declare a revolutionary government \u201cwithin six months or one year\u201d if he does not get the reforms he wanted. Allan Nawal, Inquirer Mindanao<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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