MILF: Information drive on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro in the grass root communities of Sarangani continues

From the MILF Website (Feb 26): Information drive on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro in the grass root communities of Sarangani continues



The Provincial Local Government Unit (PLGU) of Sarangani continues its information dissemination on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) reaching out the grass root communities in able to increase the public awareness on the prospects of the initial peace agreement and gain their support.

The information drive has been carried out by Kalinaw Sarangani, a unit under the Office of the Governor which implements the Provincial Peace and Development Program, since November last year.

Jocelyn Lambac-Kanda, the Program Manager of Kalinaw Sarangani and the Provincial Peace Program Officer, disclosed in an interview that they have already conducted orientation on the FAB to 22 barangays of the province.

Kanda said the initiative is the provincial government’s way of helping the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process succeed.

Kalinaw Sarangani taps the local MILF Political Committee to help explain the FAB and answer queries from the participants during the open forum. Photocopies of the FAB are also distributed.

The program manager said their team has been oriented by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and the MILF on the FAB.
The audiences during the orientation in the barangays include the barangay officials, purok officials, elders, youth, women, farmers, fishermen, teachers, barangay health workers, religious leaders, traditional leaders, Moro National Liberation Front and ordinary citizens.

Aside from the barangay orientations, Kalinaw Sarangani also facilitated separate orientations to Madrasa teachers, Indigenous Peoples Leaders and Association of Barangay Chairmen in the towns of the province.

The GPH-MILF International Monitoring Team and its local counterpart, the Local Monitoring Team-Sarangani also join the orientation to inform the people of their mandates in support to the peace process.

On February 19, in collaboration with the Socsargen Peace Network, Mindanao State University, Notre Dame of Dadiangas University and other peace advocates spearheaded the Multi-Stakeholders Forum on the FAB at the NDDU auditorium attended by more than five hundred participants from Socsargen.

GPH Peace Panel Chief Negotiator Professor Meriam C. Ferrer and Special Assistant on Peace Advocacy from the Office of the MILF First Vice-Chairman Dr. Tumanda Antok discussed the FAB and answered questions from the audience.

Kalinaw Sarangani spearheads peace advocacy in the province through conducting Culture of Peace Training in the barangays and schools.

It also support the operation of Madaris education and facilitates project implementation of development partners like the Growth with Equity in Mindanao and United Nations Development Program.

Sarangani Province is located at the southernmost tip of Mindanao. Its constituents are comprised of Moro tribes, Indigenous Peoples and Christian settlers.

The province has 140 barangays and seven municipalities namely Glan, Malapatan, Malungon, Maasim, Kiamba, Maitum and its capital town Alabel.



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