DEVELOPMENTS. The respective panels of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front draft their joint closing statement. Photo from OPAPP's Twitter account
One down, 3 more to go. The government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front signed the Annex on Transitional Arrangements and Modalities (TAM) Wednesday night, February 27 in a session that ended at 9:49 pm -- the longest since the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro on Oct 15, 2012.
The annex outlines the transition process and defines the various mechanisms to be employed towards the creation of the Bangsamoro political identity that will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
According to the signed document, the transition process and its components will be as follows:
1. Creation of the Transition Commission
2. Operation of the Transition Commission
3. The Bangsamoro Basic Law
4. Work on Constitutional Amendments
5. Ratification of Bangsamoro Basic Law
6. Bangsamoro Transition Authority
7. Monitoring
8. Exit Document
Both sides also signed the Terms of Reference for the Independent Commission on Policing (ICP), which will be tasked to submit recommendations to the peace panels on the appropriate form, structures and relationships of the police force for the Bangsamoro.
Meanwhile, discussions on the remaining annexes continued. Discussions on the annexes on wealth-sharing and power-sharing have already been elevated to the respective peace panels. Only the annex on normalization continues to be on the level of the technical working groups.
The talks were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia amid an ongoing standoff by the followers of the Sultan of Sulu in Sabah in a bid to reignite the Philippines' claim to the area.
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