Marawi group calls on Senate to prioritize compensation bill after House approval

A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER group from Marawi appealed to the Senate to hasten action on the bill that will give compensation to residents whose properties were damaged during the 2017 siege following Monday’s final approval of the counterpart measure in the House of Representatives.

“As we countdown to the fifth year since the war, we hope our dear Senators will heed our call and expedite the passage of a Marawi compensation bill as a sign of sincerity and willingness to help us, victims of war, in this long process of recovery,” the Marawi Reconstruction Conflict Watch said in a statement released late Monday.

House Bill 9925 or Marawi Compensation Act, approved on third and final reading by 197 representatives, also institutionalizes the multi-agency Task Force Bangon Marawi that is handling the city’s ongoing reconstruction.

The Senate version is pending at the committee level.