From MindaNews (Nov 15): Moro groups want human rights provisions in final GPH-MILF peace pact
Moro organizations which have been helping educate stakeholders in the grassroots on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) said they want human rights provisions to be included in the final peace accord between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Bai Ali Indayla, secretary general of Kawagib, an alliance for the advancement of Moro human rights, said they have organized school and community forums to educate the people on the FAB, peace negotiation and the situation of the Moro people in general. Indayla said Kawagib will propose the inclusion of human rights provisions concerning justice for victims of abuses, release of Moro political detainees and forced evacuations in the final peace agreement. She said these issues affect women especially those who had lost their husbands and children during military operations....
Meanwhile, Zaynab Ampatuan, executive director of the Moro People’s Community Organization for Reform and Empowerment, Inc. (PCORE) said their group has been holding community discussions on the signed framework agreement. Ampatuan said the Moro PCORE will propose a program on the Shari’ah provisions to be included in the final peace agreement. “We would study and push for more liberal application of Shari’ah without clashing with Muslim sensibilities. We’ll involve everyone in the discussions and drafting a program for Moro and Lumad women’s empowerment,” she said....
Indayla, second nominee of the Kabataan party-list, called on the people, especially the Moro youth, to continue their vigilance. She said that while Kawagib supports and recognizes the FAB as the result of perseverance of both parties towards peace, it must be clear to the Bangsamoro people that it is not yet the answer Moro people’s clamor for their right to self determination. “Bantayan natin ang mga susunod na mangyayari sa peace talks at maging bahagi ng pag-assert ng kasunduan na panig sa interes ng mamamayang Moro (Let’s be vigilant on what will happen next in the peace talks and be involved in asserting for an agreement that favors the interest of the Moro people.),” she said. Indayla pointed out that many things may happen in the process of crafting the final peace agreement, saying that the “devils are in the details.”....
For her part, Ampatuan said her group is more into capacity building rather than expecting from the FAB. She admitted though that the signing provided more fertile ground for the attainment of self-governing Moro and Lumad areas. “We have experiences with the past government and learned lots of lessons. With these, we have to strengthen the people in defending their territories with or without the signed framework agreement,” she added....
http://www.mindanews.com/peace-process/2012/11/14/moro-groups-want-human-rights-provisions-in-final-gph-milf-peace-pact/
Indayla and Ampatuan are both long-time CPP front group activists and are/were key officers of several Moro-based CPP front organizations (Suara Bangsamoro, Kawagib, and Moro Christian People's Alliance). Ampatuan was a candidate for the CPP sectoral/political front Suara Bangsamoro (Voice of the Moro People) in the 2004 and 2008 elections. It is interesting that she is now running as candidate on the CPP-associated Kabataan (Youth) partylist ticket. Even more surpising is the reference above to Indayla as the "second nominee" on the Kawagib (Maguindanaoan meaning "Rights") party-list ticket. This is a new deveopment. In the past, have noted Kawagib as a human rights front but not as a party-list organization.
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