The Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) marks the 24th Anniversary of the 2000 All-Out War, one of the significant events in the history of Bangsamoro. With the support of the Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD), 300 sacks of rice and food packs were distributed to survivors, last March 21, 2024 in the municipality of Barira, Maguindanao del Norte.
The All-Out War was a military campaign during the presidency of Joseph “Erap” Estrada that took place in the year 2000. This conflict involved the Philippine military battling against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) causing a number of lives and properties lost, and community displacement.
MPOS Deputy Minister Abdulkudos Balitoc, at the same time commander of the Camp Abubakar encouraged the survivors to unite in order to sustain the gains of the peace process, stating, “𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘢-𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘬𝘢 𝘨𝘺𝘢 𝘢 𝘉𝘈𝘙𝘔𝘔 𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘰, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘬𝘰 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘺𝘰. 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘢-𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘶 𝘬𝘰 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘥 𝘶 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘰.” The Director-General of the MPOS, Atty. Al-rashid Lucman Balt was also present during the activity.
In his solidarity message, Atty. Mohammad Muktadir Estrella, Director-General of MSSD, said, “𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘨, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘰,”.
This was the second time that the MPOS, together with MSSD, commemorated the 2000 All Out War.
