Tuesday, April 23, 2013

MILF: ‘Don’t ever think of a quick fix in negotiation,’ Iqbal said to members of Information Committee

From the MILF Website (Apr 22): ‘Don’t ever think of a quick fix in negotiation,’ Iqbal said to members of Information Committee



“Don’t ever think of quick fix in the negotiation,” Mohagher Iqbal said to the participants of the 20th General Assembly of the Committee on Information of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) held at Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on April 19-22.

Iqbal, the Chairman of the said committee and the MILF peace panel, and now heads the Bangsamoro Transition Committee (BTC), briefed some 400 members of the Committee on Information coming from the 19 provincial committees of the MILF all over Mindanao which are mostly covered by the would-be Bangsamoro government, on the stride of the ongoing peace talk with the Government of the Philippines (GPH).

He underscored the refusal of the GPH panel members to sign the annex on wealth sharing, one of the contentious annexes for the creation of the Bangsamoro, on the recently concluded 37th Exploratory Talks of the GPH and the MILF held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

















However, Iqbal still seemingly unfazed with the recent development for he has expressed thrust to President Aquino for being sincere in the peace truce as show when he visited Camp Darapanan during the launching of the Sajahatra Bangsamoro a couple of months ago. More so, when Aquino issued the Executive Order creating the BTC, thereby supported by the Congress of the Philippines thru a resolution, is a gesture of sincerity, he said.

Amidst the problems confronting the realization of the Bangsamoro government such as the negotiation is not yet complete especially with the recent upset due to the aborted signing on the side of the GPH panel on the annex on wealth sharing and surfacing of spoilers of the peace process, Iqbal, rather, advised the participants to strengthen their faith in Islam, different Bangsamoro ethnic groups must unite as one people and nation, keep on struggling for the success of the struggle, and build a strong leadership among their groups.

Meanwhile, Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo, a member of the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the MILF panel, discussed a topic on ministerial form of government. He had addressed several questions thrown by the participants pertaining to intricacies of the incoming new political entity for the Bangsamoro.

The theme of the General Assembly is “Information in the light of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro.” 

The assembly is a regular annual activity of the Committee on Information.

http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/322-‘don’t-ever-think-of-a-quick-fix-in-negotiation’-iqbal-said-to-members-of-information-committee

1 comment:

  1. The Information Committee is the main propaganda organ of the MILF. Iqbal is the head propagandist of the Moro organization.

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