GPH, MILF to resume 37th formal exploratory peace talks next week

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 3): GPH, MILF to resume 37th formal exploratory peace talks next week

The rescheduled 37th formal exploratory peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will resume in Kuala Lumpur next week to iron out the remaining three annexes, namely, power-sharing, wealth-sharing, and normalization.

The Annex on Transitional Arrangements and Modalities (TAM), which lays out the road map for the establishment of the Bangsamoro region was signed by the GPH and MILF peace panels last February 27 this year.

The talk which was scheduled last March 25 was reset on the request of President Benigno S. Aquino III to enable the government to have more time for review and consultations on the draft annexes.

It was during this meeting in Kuala Lumpur that the two panels discussed the composition of the Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) and the Independent Commission on Policing (ICP), the convening of the Transition Commission (TransCom) the Terms of Reference of the Task Force Sajahatra Bangsamoro.

TransCom held its first enbanc meeting on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Pasig City.

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