A series of successful public information and consultation on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) kicked off on 6 November 2012 at the Municipality of Baloi, Lanao del Norte where more or less five (5) thousand residents from various municipalities in Lanao del Norte participated. Spearheaded by the Office of the Second Vice Chairman of the MILF Central Committee, MILF CCCH, MILF AHJAG, and other MILF agencies, the said event was graced by Hajja Hanifa Ali, Municipal Mayor of Baloi municipality, and other municipal officials. Questions such as how other municipalities in Lanao del Norte that are dominated by Bangsamoro could be included and the possibility of addressing the issues of Bangsamoro families who were illegally dispossessed of their lands were hurled at the speakers.
This was followed by the same gathering at the Alim Abdulazis Mimbantas Memorial Center, Butig, Lanao del Sur on 7 November 2012 where an estimated ten (10) thousand participants listened thoughtfully as the FAB was substantially presented and explained from 9AM to 3PM.
The Muslim students and professionals of Iligan City sponsored a peace advocacy in support of the GPH-MILF Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro at the Monera Integrated School, Iligan City on 11 November 2012. An estimated number of five (5) hundred participants most of whom are women actively took part in the said event.
The Supreme Student Council of RC-Al Khwarizmi International College (RC-AKIC), Marawi City sponsored a Student Awareness Forum on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro on 17 November 2012 at the Convergence Hall, RC-AKIC Bldg., Basak Malutlut, Marawi City. Dr. Saffrullah M. Dipatuan, Chairman of the Board of the Bangsamoro Development Agency, the development arm of the MILF, was invited as Guest Speaker while Prof. Salipada Tamano, Prof. Ibrahim Mamao, Masbud “Skip” Gaima III and Abdulnasser “Abutasnima” Gapor were invited as reactors. Around 250 students including school officials and faculty members were present.
Another public information and consultation forum was also held at Dilabayan, Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte on the same day, 17 November 2012, where an estimated three (3) thousand residents participated. Haji Abdullah “Cmdr. Bravo” Macapaar, Commander of the Northwestern Mindanao Front, BIAF, MILF and hundreds of his men participated in the event without arms....
This information drives for the Framework Agreement is still going on as more and more requests from several groups and community residents in different municipalities continues to pour in.... The requests are not limited to MILF members but include NGO’s and people’s organizations. The Association of Barangay Chairmen in Masiu, Lanao del Sur, for example, requested for an advocacy for the FAB on 21 November 2012.”
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