COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The success of the Bangsamoro government's peace and development programs will help against violent radicalism in the regions, its top official said Friday. “The success of our government is the best antithesis to violent radicalism,” Ebrahim told BTA members during their first ever session at the Shariff Kabunsuan Auditorium in the BARMM capitol in Cotabato City. Members of the BTA, comprised of 80 members, 41 of them representing the MILF, are also members of the Bangsamoro Parliament. Ebrahim said the BARMM has four initial solutions to poverty and underdevelopment in its provinces — education, health, economic development, strategic infrastructures and moral leadership. The Bangsamoro region also covers 63 barangays in the province of North Cotabato and all 37 barangays in Cotabato City, both originally under Administrative Region 12.

Source: Philippine Star March 29, 2019 09:00 UTC