Ganassi, Lanao del Sur (4 November) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday cited three principles for the Philippines to achieve its goal of becoming a great nation.
In a regional media interview held here, the President said that the people of Mindanao are part of this goal.
According to her, the first principle is a long term vision of peace and progress which she emphasized must go hand in hand.
"Peace and progress must go hand in hand because the problem of war in Mindanao has been rooted in economic exclusion and this should be eliminated," she stressed.
Second is to abide by the Constitution that we are one nation and we will never be divided, she added.
And third, she further said, is social justice for all and institutionalization of the accommodation of ethnic traditions.
"There must be social justice for all because we have a multi-ethnic society," the President stressed.
"We have a very rich and varied heritage as a nation and the heritage of Lake Lanao, the beauty of the Maranao culture as well as the beautiful mosques here has to be accommodated," she added.
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