Press Release
December 6, 2007

PIMENTEL SADDENED BY MUTILAN'S DEATH

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Nene" Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today expressed grief over the untimely death of former Lanao del Sur Governor Mahid Mutilan.

Mutilan, a respected Muslim political and religious leader, perished from a car accident on his way from Marawi City to Cagayan de Oro City this morning.

"With his death, the nation has lost an ally in the fight against Islamic jihadists, the Moros a moderate leader and I a personal friend."

Mutilan once served as president of the Muslim ulama association and ran unsuccessfully for governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the 2005 elections.

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