Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte underscored the importance of the upcoming Anti-ISIS ordinance in the city of Davao, saying it was meant to punish those who possess and who profess allegiance to the terror group through the ISIS flag.
“Kung imong i-wagayway ang ISIS flag, it connotes terrorism,” Vice Mayor Duterte said on a recorded footage by Davao Breaking News. “Makita man nato, ang flag sa ISIS, kung asa nila ginasaka, parang they are against that government so murag mupasok siya because we only pledged allegiance sa flag sa Pilipinas.”
Earlier last week, the Vice Mayor announced that the city council will create an ordinance entitled “An ordinance punishing the act of recruiting and membership to ISIS and to their allied terrorist groups including those professing support thereto, manufacture and distribution of propaganda materials and failure to report ISIS related activities to law enforcement agencies.”
A penalty of Php 5,000 and one year of imprisonment will be imposed to anyone who will violate the said ordinance.
As of now, the vice mayor said that they are still fixing the legality of the ordinance under peace and public safety committee chaired by Councilor Nilo Abellera, Jr.
Pulong said that the resolution and passage of the ordinance will take up to two weeks.
The ISIS group also called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is a Jihadist militant group in Iraq and Syria that follows a fundamentalist Wahhabi movement. The group was the alleged perpetrators of the recent terror attacks in Manchester and London, United earlier this year.
On May, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte said that the Maute group, who occupied Marawi City on May 23 are affiliated with the ISIS terror group.
