Government and Moro peace negotiators will meet again in
OPAPP chief Secretary Teresita Deles in a statement said both chief government negotiator Professor Miriam Ferrer-Coronel and her counterpart, Mohaqher Iqbal of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), had agreed to meet after the fasting month.
Ramadhan is expected to end on August 9 with the traditional three-day festivities celebrating Eud'l Fitr.
Deles said no specific date as of yet on the next meeting where both sides are expected to work and complete the annexes on power sharing and normalization.
Deles said the deal on revenue generation and wealth sharing annexes was fair enough for both sides. It involves the sharing of revenues generated within the proposed new political entity in
While many have expressed apprehension over the Constitutionality of the deal on annexes, Deles assured the Filipino people that nothing in the deal will violate the Philippine Constitution.
As part of its responsibility, Deles said the government peace panel will conduct information dissemination campaign in
Deles said the basic aim of the national government in all these deals is for the achievement of peace and progress in
“It (arrangements) will facilitate political and fiscal autonomy which is important for the Bangsamoro to operate and deliver to its constituents, thereby contributing to the achievement of peace and progress in the south,” she said.
Reacting to the deal, former North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Pinol said the deal was clearly not for the MILF but for the Bangsamoro people who have been deprived of the government's basic services.
"Erase the thought that the beneficiary of the Wealth Sharing Formula is the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a rebel group which for so many years waged a bloody revolt for the dream of establishing a
"Throw away the fear that the huge money to be earned from gold and other metallic minerals extracted from the region and a 50-50 share from oil and gas, and possibly uranium, could boost the finances of this rebel group and allow them to acquire war materiel to later on continue the aim to secede from the
"Study the wealth sharing formula sans jaundiced eyes and you will realize that what the MILF got as concessions from the national government in the matter of natural wealth and resources found in the Bangsamoro Territory are what every local government unit in the country should get," he said.
According to Pinol, under the present set up, local government units have virtually no say in the exploitation of gold and other minerals within their areas.
He cited the case of North Cotabato which suffers from brownouts when, ironically, it has the Mt. Apo Geothermal Power Plant in Kidapawan City which is producing power more than enough to supply the 42 megawatt requirement of the province.
He said at first he had reservations on how the national government would be able to handle the Wealth Sharing Provision in the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and whether it would pass the Constitutional gauntlet.
"But after reading the provisions, I had to concede that the government peace panel head, Professor Miriam Coronel, was right when she said that the provisions and conditions in the Wealth and Revenue Sharing Agreement could stand legal scrutiny," he added.
Pinol led local government officials in 2008 in opposing before the Supreme Court the signing of the MOA-AD saying it was not for Bangsamoro but for the extension of office of then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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