Nicknamed ‘Son of the Revolution’
The son of MNLF chairman Nur Misuari is being urged to run as governor of Sulu ‘to liberate the province from the stranglehold of the moneyed and powerful political clan, headed by former Governor Abdusakur M. Tan.”
In a signature campaign for a manifesto circulated in government offices that reached Davao City, a multi-sectoral collection of various political, religious, civil society organizations and community-based leaders called on Hadji Uto Karim Misuari to take up the challenge to run as Sulu governor.
The younger Misuari earned his education in one of the prestigious universities in the Middle East. He was born in the 1970s when his father was in forefront of an armed confrontation with government troops dispatched by Marcos government, hence his nickname: ‘Son of the Revolution.’
In Davao City, the signatures included the names of civic society leaders and political leaders.
His supporters in Davao City said Hadji Uto Karim Misuari is a promising, young and dynamic leader with unquestionable track record for patriotism and undying love for Lupah Sug and the Bangsamoro people.
His supporters said they are pushing for his candidacy in a bid to elect local officials who can usher in an era of peace, progress and development for the people in the Province of Sulu.
The Manifesto, now known as the Lupah Sug Manifesto, has been attracting the support of both Christians and Muslims ‘like a magical wand.’
“People are scrambling to sign the manifesto,” his supporters said.
For so many decades, the province of Sulu has been under the grip of the clan headed by former Governor Abdusakur M. Tan.
Misuari’s supporters said the clan of Tan had also control of the local courts and the government prosecutorial arms in the province, giving rise to what is now known in the Province of Sulu as “judicial terrorism.”
Despite the earnest efforts of the national government to alleviate poverty and exterminate drugs, terrorism and corruption, the Province of Sulu remains to be one of the poorest provinces in the country with ordinary Tausugs suffering the brunt of grinding poverty, intractable armed conflict and a collective sense of insecurity, the Manifesto further said.
It is high time for Lupah Sug to get rid of the political dynasty that reduces the people of Sulu as modern-day slaves and mendicants, the Manifesto added. (JKL)
