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Mindanaoans will oppose secession – lawmaker

LANAO del Sur 1st District Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong said on Sunday that the people of Mindanao will not support the separation of the region from the country.

'As we have repeatedly emphasized in our press statements, the people of Mindanao have suffered long and hard for the fruits of a peace process that we are only beginning to enjoy,' Adiong told The Manila Times.