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Outstanding Governorship Award 2017

















































            His experience as a youth leader and activist gained him a grasp of   A  consistent  advocate  of  peace  and  development  via right  to  self-
        the realities faced by minority groups in the country. He hopes to see an   determination  of  the  tri-Peoples  in Mindanao,  he  did not  only  earn
        empowered and responsible citizenry, active in their participation in good   the respect of prominent political figures in the province of Basilan but
        governance and establish a model Muslim community that every Muslim   even across Mindanao. His persistence,  diligence and involvement
        Filipino can be proud of.                                   with international  solidarity  work gained attention  in  the  national  and
            A product of public school, Mujiv graduated Class Valedictorian in   international communities.
        1984  at  Buli-Buli  Elementary  School  and  Class  Salutatorian  in  1988   In the  year  2000,  Mujiv was named  as top nominee  of  the  AMIN
        at the SumisipNational High School. Having spent his elementary and   (Anak Mindanao) Party List that was then seeking a seat at the House of
        secondary education in Basilan, he ventured to Manila at the age of   Representatives. He graduated from the House of Representatives after
        16 to pursue college. He enrolled in Bachelor of Science in Computer   having served for three-terms as Congressman (12th – 14th Congress).
        Engineering at the AMA Computer University in Manila.Mujiv has always   During his stint in Congress, Mujiv took bold steps in (1) standing up
        been ahead of his time. At the age of 17, he developed a heightened   as the only Muslim legislator in the impeachment against then President
        consciousness of the web of interrelations among Mindanaoans - the   GloriaMacapagal-Arroyo, (2) calling out for inspection of rice warehouses
        Moros, Lumads, and the Christian settlers – and developed a profound   to avoid rice hoarding when the price of rice had increased from P41 to P52
        understanding of the need to address the salient issues of their economic,   per kilo, (3) bringing out the anomalous Road User’s Tax and criticizing the
        political, and cultural life. 1989 was the start of his progressive-bent   double insertion of the C6 project, (4) calling out for reform in government-
        political career. He joined the Manila-based Bangsamoro Student   owned and controlled corporations considering their heavy indebtedness
        Association who marched and took the cause of the Moro People to the   and mismanagement, (5) initiating investigation in the irregularities in the
        streets in the quest of making a statement for the plight of the Muslim   collection  of  taxes  from  quarrying and  hauling of  Mt.  Pinatubo  sand  in
        ethnics of Mindanao, their right to self-determination that then continued   Pampanga, (6) calling the government to give more meaning to the mandate
        to fall on deaf ears and the need for drafting a peaceful solution to the   of the Constitution to assign the highest budgetary priority to education,
        centuries-old Mindanao problem.                             (7) asking the government in a resolution to make basic education the
            The sporadic encounters between the military and the secessionist   primary beneficiary of its P25.2-billion take from the sale of government
        groups based in Basilan took heavy toll on the plight of people who were   shares in the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, (8) pushing
        caught  in  thecrossfires  and  the  loss  of  lives  was  far  too  heavy  to  be   for a program to ensure that the thousands of undocumented children of
        accepted in contemporary terms. This motivated the young Mujiv to found   Filipino workers in Malaysia who were sent back to the Philippines during
        Kahapan-Basilan, Inc. (now the Kahapan Foundation) in 1995.   the mass deportation will get proper education, (9) building the Mindanao
                                                                    Garden of Peace in the Corregidor Islands, and a lot more.

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