At least 2 Lumads, 2 women in 15-member GPH-MILF Transition Commission

From MindaNews (Oct 27): At least 2 Lumads, 2 women in 15-member GPH-MILF Transition Commission

There are no names yet as both panels are still shortlisting nominees to the Transition Commission (TransCom) that will be set up when President Benigno Simeon Aquino III issues an Executive Order, but what is certain is there will be at least two women and two representatives of Lumads (indigenous peoples) in the 15-member TransCom. The government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are naming at least one woman and one Lumad representative each to the TransCom which will draft, among others, the Bangsamoro Basic Law in preparation for the “Bangsamoro,” the new autonomous political entity that will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) by 2016. The recently signed Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) provides that the TransCom shall be composed of “15 members all of whom are Bangsamoro,” seven of them selected by the GPH and eight, including the chair, by the MILF....

http://www.mindanews.com/peace-process/2012/10/27/at-least-2-lumads-2-women-in-15-member-gph-milf-transition-commission/