DAVAO CITY–Politics was the main fare tackled in a gathering recently held in Davao City by some 100 youth leaders from all over Mindanao, and speaker after speaker urged the participants to get involved in it. But something was conspicuously missing – the faces of politicians who would normally exploit such event especially with the May 10 elections just around the corner.
Samira Gutoc, a youth leader from Marawi City, said the Mindanao Young Leaders Parliament was being deliberate in barring the politicians from interfering in the group’s affairs because “we are sacred” and “the nation’s leaders should recognize us.” More…