Success of the Bangsamoro peace process lies on the government: MILF Vice Chair Jaffar

• Sep 3, 2016
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A leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said the success of the peace process to resolve the Bangsamoro problem lies on the hand of the Philippine government.

“All chances are in the hands of the government. They are the one who have strong will to resolve the issue (Mindanao conflict),”said MILF First Vice-Chairman Ghadzali Jaffar during a peace forum at Lupon, Davao Oriental last Sunday (Aug 28).

Jaffar was one of the speakers invited during the 7th General Assembly: Davao Region Bangsamoro Leaders Consultative Forum, a gathering aimed to strengthen unity among the Bangsamoro leaders geared towards the achievement of the Bangsamoro people’s right to self-determination.

The Duterte Administration is pushing the Six-Point Peace and Development Roadmap and the new Bangsamoro Peace and Development Roadmap as a viable solution to the decades of Mindanao conflict. The President is determined to put an end to Mindanao conflict through the passage of BBL or shifting the form of government to federalism.

The Six-Point Peace and Development Agenda of the incumbent Administration outlined the continuity of the GPH-MILF Peace Process through the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), closure of the GPH-MNLF Peace Process and promotion of culture of peace and conflict sensitivity in peace building and development and undertaking development initiatives in the conflict affected areas.

Jaffar is hopeful that the current administration will heed the CAB, which provides the creation of autonomous Bangsamoro political entity with more fiscal and political powers through the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). 

The MILF leadership is consistent in its assertion for the government to comply with the peace agreement which is a negotiated solution agreed upon by the two peace panels.

The CAB provides the passage of the BBL by the Philippine Congress. However the lawmakers failed to pass the proposed bill before the 16th Congress ended. Maguindanao representative Sandra Sema has already re-filed the bill.

Jaffar hope that the administration will give a solution based on the solution wanted by the Bangsamoro people, who are more knowledgeable on how to resolve the conflict in Mindanao, and not on “what the government wants.”

Around 700 delegates from the Davao region coming from different sectors joined the assembly. It was organized by the Eastern Davao Provincial Political Committee led by its provincial chairman Roy Lopez.

 

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