The Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) held its fifth regular session on October 23, 2013 at the Session Hall of the BTC office at the Fourth Floor of Elena V Co Building, Don Rufino Alonzo Avenue, Cotabato City.
Earlier and on the same venue, the BTC also received as special guests two eminent international personalities, Dr. Urlich Karpen and Dr. Peter Koeppinger, both German political scientist and experts on the role of local governments in Ministerial, Decentralized and Federal Systems with focus on lessons for the Bangsamoro. The two international personalities were resource persons at the seminar on the same topic the previous day.
They also expressed their pleasure and honor being guests of the BTC and expressed optimism that the commission will succeed in its work to produce the future political entity as model of pluralism in this part of the Mindanao.
Among the agenda of the main session was the finalization of the membership of the committees earlier formed to undergo their assigned task in the crafting of the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
It can be recalled that the body decided during their third session in Tagaytay City back in May to create five working committees with the correponding chairmen as follows:
a- Committee on Political Autonomy – Commissioner Robert Alonto
b- Committee on Fiscal Autonomy – Commissioner Raissa Jajurie
c- Committee on Basic Rights – Commisioner Asani Tammang
d- Committee on Justice – Commissioner Hussein Munoz and
e- Committee on Transitory Provisions- Commissioner Johaira Wahab
Prior to the said finalization of committee membership, Chairman Mohagher Iqbal made a briefing of the Commission on the current status of the peacenegotiations . He confided that the 41st Eploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur held recently was a tough and hard bargaining as the two panels were tied to the most contentious issues on power sharing and normalization. He said power sharing is the meat of the negotiation.
Chairman Iqbal also mentioned Bangsamoro waters as another ticklish issue because the importance of waters is inseparable to the Bangsamoro identity such that the Tausug denotes people of the current, Meranao stands for people of the lake and Maguindanao speaks of people of the flooded plain which are all connected to the reality of water.
The chairman also recalled the reminder of some members of the House of Represntatives, Congressmen Pangalian Balindong, Rufus Ridriguez and Jesus Sacdalan who visited during the 40th Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur and expressed their desire for the BTC to submit the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law in January of 2014. The said reminder was reiterated again by another House member, Congressman Rofolfo Bisazon during the 41st Exploratory Talks held recently.
The next day, October 24 was devoted to Committee meetings that exhaustively deliberated on the status of the works of each committee. The different committee chairmen and members deliberated exhaustively on the current work thus far.
Earlier the outline of the BBL was taken on plenary where every Commissioner actively participated in deliberations of the planned basic law but with reservations on the yet to be finished annexes on power sharing and normalization.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/627-btc-holds-fifth-regular-session
They also expressed their pleasure and honor being guests of the BTC and expressed optimism that the commission will succeed in its work to produce the future political entity as model of pluralism in this part of the Mindanao.
Among the agenda of the main session was the finalization of the membership of the committees earlier formed to undergo their assigned task in the crafting of the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
It can be recalled that the body decided during their third session in Tagaytay City back in May to create five working committees with the correponding chairmen as follows:
a- Committee on Political Autonomy – Commissioner Robert Alonto
b- Committee on Fiscal Autonomy – Commissioner Raissa Jajurie
c- Committee on Basic Rights – Commisioner Asani Tammang
d- Committee on Justice – Commissioner Hussein Munoz and
e- Committee on Transitory Provisions- Commissioner Johaira Wahab
Prior to the said finalization of committee membership, Chairman Mohagher Iqbal made a briefing of the Commission on the current status of the peace
Chairman Iqbal also mentioned Bangsamoro waters as another ticklish issue because the importance of waters is inseparable to the Bangsamoro identity such that the Tausug denotes people of the current, Meranao stands for people of the lake and Maguindanao speaks of people of the flooded plain which are all connected to the reality of water.
The chairman also recalled the reminder of some members of the House of Represntatives, Congressmen Pangalian Balindong, Rufus Ridriguez and Jesus Sacdalan who visited during the 40th Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur and expressed their desire for the BTC to submit the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law in January of 2014. The said reminder was reiterated again by another House member, Congressman Rofolfo Bisazon during the 41st Exploratory Talks held recently.
The next day, October 24 was devoted to Committee meetings that exhaustively deliberated on the status of the works of each committee. The different committee chairmen and members deliberated exhaustively on the current work thus far.
Earlier the outline of the BBL was taken on plenary where every Commissioner actively participated in deliberations of the planned basic law but with reservations on the yet to be finished annexes on power sharing and normalization.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/627-btc-holds-fifth-regular-session
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