The Licanan Islamic Development Association, Incorporated (LIDA), a local non–governmental organization in Davao City, as one of the affiliated network member organization of the Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society (CBCS) through the CBCS Dabaw Regional Management Committee, conducted a one–day peace advocacy program on Bangsamoro Leaders Consultation Dialogue on Unity and Solidarity with a theme of “Laying Foundation Towards Peace and Development” at Molave Hotel, Tagum City in Davao del Norte last September 29, 2013.
The scope of the project was covering the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley (Comval) were participants came from the grassroots in the areas of Asuncion, Carmen, Compostela, Mabini, Maco, Panabo City, Pantukan, and Tagum City with the total numbers of thirty–eight (38) persons. In this number, twenty–five (33) were males and thirteen (5) were females. The participants are the local leaders in the grassroots level of the respective (jama’ah) community which includes the sectors of the traditional leaders such as sultan, imam, datu, rajamuda, ustadz, andkhatib, leaders from MNLF and MILF, a respected aleem, as well as Moro professionals, religious leaders, youth, and women Moro leaders including academe and the local officials of the different organizations such as Social Welfare Committee (SWC), Mindanao Women Advocacy for Good Governance (MWAGG), and Department of Women Services (DWS). There are also participants from the Moro political leaders that are elected in the local government positions and there are also working in the local government offices.
Sultan AbdulrahmanMaug, the paramount sultan of Davao del Norte, expressed its welcome and opening message in the support of the activity that initiated to build the foundation for greater unity and solidarity of Moro leaders.
Several issues and concerns on the Bangsamoro were tackled including the latest updates on the peace process between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the role of International Monitoring Team (IMT) in the GPH – MILF peace talks and Civilian Protection Component (CPC), the unity and solidarity on Malaysian experience and state building, the Islamic concept of unity and solidarity, and the Bangsamoro hopes, fears, and perspectives.
Atty. Datu Tony Kinok, MILF panel member, presented the latest updates of the GPH – MILF peace process stated that it just then concluded the ten (10) days 40th Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last September 20, 2013 were the longest talks ever had in the history of the GPH – MILF peace process so far.
Although, it is not yet favorable, the only thing it got positively was the formal organization of Independent Commission on Policing (ICP) headed by the member of the Royal Canadian Police and the representatives from MILF and from Philippine government with the members from Australia and Japan as part in the normalization while in the power sharing, the relationship between the Central Government and the future Bangsamoro government that are divided into three (3) parts composed of the intergovernmental relations, exclusive powers, and concurrent powers.
Kamal Norfarid bin Kamarudin, the Malaysian consul, gives an inspirational talk on the unity and solidarity on Malaysian experience and state building as an example in the call on Bangsamoro unity and solidarity where Malaysian people united in their diversity as bases to start with among the Moros.
Mr. AmerFaizal, head of the CPC, presented the role of IMT in the GPH – MILF peace talks as the mechanisms in preserving and monitoring the ceasefire agreement between the government and MILF started in 2001 and the main tasked by the CPC in protecting the civilian population and bringing them in a safer place, mostly in an evacuation center with the coordination of different social welfare organizations both government and non-government organizations for the various assistance needed.
Hussein Muñoz, also known as Sonny Davao, member of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), discussed the importance of education for the governance and development of the Bangsamoro where he challenged the Moros to become an expert in every field of the career they are pursuing. He emphasized the role of the academe as sources in educating the different sectors among the Moros.
The Islamic concept of unity and solidarity were already putted-up where the Moros just only to follow as presented by Aleem Umbra Abdulkarim.
The Bangsamoro hopes, fears, and perspectives were discussed by Samaon “Sami” Buat revisiting the experienced in the 1976 Tripoli Agreement and the 1996 Final Peace Agreement that must be learned where there are fallback and bottleneck of the current GPH – MILF peace process.
With the gratefulness for the initiatives done by LIDA, the participants undertake to disseminate the good information on unity and solidarity and replicate similar activity in their communities as it gained positive impression among the local Moro leaders.
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