Thursday, December 13, 2012

MILF: BLMI taps 2 ex-gov’t negotiators as resource speakers

From the MILF Website (Dec 13): BLMI taps 2 ex-gov’t negotiators as resource speakers

A non-government organization (NGO) based in Davao City had worked with the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI) in sponsoring a workshop on “Strategic and Conceptual Thinking” at the BLMI Training Center in Crossing Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao last December 1. Madame Irene Santiago, chairwoman of the Mindanao Peace Table, and former government peace negotiator, and Atty. Camilo “Bong” Montesa, teamed up to conduct the one-day seminar.

The forum was attended by about 30 participants, mostly leaders of the MILF representing its political and military organs. Mohagher Iqbal, a member of the MILF central leadership and head of its peace panel, also attended the forum. Also in attendance was Atty. Raissa Jajurie, a member of the MILF peace panel Board of Consultant. Also in attendance members of the academe, youths, and workers of the BLMI headed by Sheikh Mahmud Ahmad.

Iqbal, who is also the head of the oversight committee of the BLMI, introduced the resource lecturers, who are both familiar to him. Montesa enjoys high regards from the MILF peace panel, while Santiago is personally known to MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad, because it was during his stint as chair of the MILF peace panel that she served in the panel of the government. Montesa lectured on Strategic thinking method and analysis approach and used the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro as the model of his presentation.

The forum ended by around 3:30pm. In his closing statement, Iqbal exhorted the participants to strive and learn more so that when the hour comes that they are called to serve their people they will do it with sincerity and efficiency. He also thanked the two distinguished resource speakers for their generosity in accepting the request to be the resource speakers.

http://www.luwaran.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2989:blmi-taps-2-ex-govt-negotiators-as-resource-speakers&catid=31:general&Itemid=41

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