Marsch 16-22, 2014 :: All systems go for the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) on March 27, 2014. God willing, it is only a matter of five days from now before this historic moment takes place.
This achievement is one for a lifetime. Imagine this agreement was only signed after more than 16 long years of off-and-on battles in the negotiating table.
By any stretch of imagination, this hard, complex, and almost futile exercise cannot be repeated in a generation. In fact, many of the negotiators from both the MILF and the government have died already. They were not lucky enough to see and witness this history in the making in this country.
If the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had started their negotiations from two opposing hard positions and continued it through thick and thin, the signing of the CAB is truly a defining moment that they can be proud of with heads high. For one, this signals the dawning of the real partnership between the two parties that they must nurture through to the end.
Thus, this partnership has to be real and genuine. Gone are the days when mistrust and reservation are the rule between negotiators whose motive is to outwit the opponent in order to win. Both sides especially their negotiators have to open up with each other and must continue to undertake problem-solving approaches.
Moreover, both sides have to help one another. Needless to say, the MILF has to be helped to stand on its feet so that it is fully capacitated to stave-off the challenges ahead. Only two capable partners can ensure the success of their peace endeavor.
Without saying, a weak partner will pave the way for anarchy to rule the day and chances that a more dangerous place is not farfetched in Mindanao. This fear is compounded after the exit of President Benigno Aquino in 2016. If the new president does not follow through with the achievements of the peace process and genuinely adopts a policy of empowering the MILF and henceforth the Bangsamoro Government, then the future is truly bleak. This is the reason why the 2016 presidential election is truly material to the future of the Bangsamoro. We can only hope that those who run for president will adopt a policy of fully supporting the Bangsamoro and not to undermine it in any manner or form.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/editorial/item/893-real-partnership-begins
By any stretch of imagination, this hard, complex, and almost futile exercise cannot be repeated in a generation. In fact, many of the negotiators from both the MILF and the government have died already. They were not lucky enough to see and witness this history in the making in this country.
If the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had started their negotiations from two opposing hard positions and continued it through thick and thin, the signing of the CAB is truly a defining moment that they can be proud of with heads high. For one, this signals the dawning of the real partnership between the two parties that they must nurture through to the end.
Thus, this partnership has to be real and genuine. Gone are the days when mistrust and reservation are the rule between negotiators whose motive is to outwit the opponent in order to win. Both sides especially their negotiators have to open up with each other and must continue to undertake problem-solving approaches.
Moreover, both sides have to help one another. Needless to say, the MILF has to be helped to stand on its feet so that it is fully capacitated to stave-off the challenges ahead. Only two capable partners can ensure the success of their peace endeavor.
Without saying, a weak partner will pave the way for anarchy to rule the day and chances that a more dangerous place is not farfetched in Mindanao. This fear is compounded after the exit of President Benigno Aquino in 2016. If the new president does not follow through with the achievements of the peace process and genuinely adopts a policy of empowering the MILF and henceforth the Bangsamoro Government, then the future is truly bleak. This is the reason why the 2016 presidential election is truly material to the future of the Bangsamoro. We can only hope that those who run for president will adopt a policy of fully supporting the Bangsamoro and not to undermine it in any manner or form.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/editorial/item/893-real-partnership-begins
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