Duterte in ARMMand Pag nagsalita ako, tutuparin ko

COTABATO CITY -- President Rodrigo Duterte today assured residents of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that he will prioritize anti-poverty programs in Moroland. Duterte said he instructed Social Welfare Sec. Judy Taguiwalo to ensure that programs that will uplift the lives of the people of ARMM. The provinces composing the ARMM, Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, were the poorest provinces based on the Philippine Statistics Authority. I read in the statistics data that the Moro region is the poorest, Duterte said in Filipino after spearheading the launching of Comprehensive Reform and Development Agenda for ARMM and in Regions 9, 10 and 12. I tell you, I will pour budget for Moro region, Duterte said as the crowd applauded inside the 500-seat Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex here. I want the incidence of hunger stopped, he added. We will find ways, even just for the food of children. I will improve the Moroland in Mindanao, he added as the crowed, mostly Muslim leaders, roared and applauded. Duterte earlier lead the ceremonial distribution of government assistance for beneficiaries of government anti-poverty programs, posing gladly with a poor family brought by DSWD to receive the government assistance. During his entire speech, the President has not curse anyone or anything, away from his previous public statements.But a brief power outage interrupted the President's speech. Power generators quickly restored power at the complex. He injected jokes and presented comic lines to the crowd's delight. He ended his speech by saying in Filipinoand Pag nagsalita ako, tutuparin ko.