“As 77-years old Maranao, I have empirically seen what is happening in our province. You could drink at the shore of Lake Lanao. Roo bo sangkoto ah kilid yan na pakainom kawn (sa gilid palang pwede ka ng uminom), emanto na miya-poisonous so lake tano (ngayon na poisonous na ang ranaw natin) because it is not being protected.
We should protect our Ranao… And if this will be abused, if we will not do something, our children and the children of our children will blame us, na tayo ay walang ginawa. Kaya as much as possible, we must be united so that what happened 50 years ago, will not happen again…”
Said BTA Member Prof. Punduma B. Sani during BTA Bill No. 32 “the Ranao Development Authority Act” Public Consultation in MSU Marawi City on March 8-9, 2022.
