Proposed "Bangsamoro" Core Territory

Posted to MindaNews (Oct 11): Proposed "Bangsamoro" Core Territory




Based on page 6 of the Framework Agreement, the core territory of the proposed Bangsamoro would consist of

* the five ARMM provinces of Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-tawi, Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur and the cities of Marawi and Lamitan;

* the six towns of Lanao del Norte that voted for inclusion in the ARMM in the 2001 plebiscite – Baloi, Munai,Nunungan, Pantar, Tagoloan and Tangkal;

* barangays in the municipalities of Aleosan, Carmen, Kabacan, Midsayap, Pigcawayan and Pikit in North Cotabato that also vote dfor inclusion in the ARMM during the 2001 plebiscite

* the cities of Cotabato and Isabela in Basilan; and

* all other contiguous areas where there is a resolution of the local government unit or a petition of at least 10 percent of the qualified voters in the area asking for inclusion at least two months prior to the ratification of the Bangsamoro Basic Law.

(Prof. Rudy Rodil, historian and former government peace panel member in the negotiations with the MNLF and MILF, counted 39 of 208 barangays in the six towns of North Cotabato that voted for inclusion in the ARMM in 2001, from Commission on Elections records on the “Plebiscite to Ratify the Amendments to RA 6734, Consolidated ARMM Referendum Results, 14 August 2001.”)

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