One vehicle was officially turned over to Cotabato State University (CotSu) on November 8, 2023. This vehicle is part of the Transitional Development Impact Fund (TDIF) Program of the Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) funded by the Office of Former MP Narciso Co Yu Ekey. The recipient is selected as a beneficiary to enhance their capacity for local mediation and conflict resolution efforts.
Atty. Al-Rashid L. Balt, Director-General of MPOS shared the mandates of the Ministry and is aspiring to work with CotSu on research in the domains of peace and development. He said, “𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘚 𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺’𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘚.”
In response, Dr. Sema G. Dilna, University President remarked, “𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘰 “𝘖𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘪𝘯” 𝘌𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘚. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘵𝘚𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘚 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦.”