Friday, August 30, 2013

MILF: SWC conducts Islamic Symposium in North Cotabato town

From the MILF Website (Aug 30): SWC conducts Islamic Symposium in North Cotabato town

The Social Welfare Committee (SWC) of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Ligawasan Province conducted an Islamic Symposium on August 25, 2013 at Taporok, Aleosan, North Cotabato.
  
The gathering was attended by almost 1,500 women from different municipalities covered by SWC Ligawasan Provincial Committee.

The said activity was part of SWC program of strengthening women’s awareness on the issue of spiritual well-being of mankind. They invited personalities from the Committee on Information to provide updates on the current situation specifically with regards to the peace process between Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

The chairperson of the committee reminded the participants that women needed to be prepared for the days ahead towards building the Bangsamoro Region.  Another aleema shared her views on the essentials of sustainable networks that would benefit the organization (MILF).

Prof. Mike Abdula, steering committee member of Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI) and also the chair of the training and education department of the Kalilintad Development Foundation, Inc. gave inputs and spoke on the current negotiation between GPH and MILF. After delving on the FAB’s four annexes, an open forum was moderated by Arman Armada, the head of secretariat of the Committee on Information, Central Committee. Nasrullah Muhammad, the HRDC point man to the MILF assisted Armada.

During the open forum, most of the questions raised addressed to the speakers concern provisions of the Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro (FAB), the signed agreement between GPH-MILF in Malacanang Palace in Manila last October 15, 2012, a historic event witnessed by prominent national and international figures including President Benigno C. Aquino III and Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Najib Razak .

Another woman participant expressed her apprehension on the snail-pace process in crafting the Bangsamoro Basic Law by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) due to the unfinished annexes on power-sharing and normalization that is yet to be completed by the two peace panels. The BTC cannot work on the wholeness of the basic law unless the two remaining annexes are completed and signed by the panels. The Framework agreement and the four annexes will constitute the comprehensive compact that will be signed by the two peace panels.

Nasrullah Muhammad reminded the participants to do their part in the best way they can to realize the establishment of the must-awaited Bangsamoro new political entity by 2016.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/526-swc-conducts-islamic-symposium-in-north-cotabato-town

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