A ranking member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has categorically said during an interview with Luwaran early today that those issues already agreed by the Parties especially those contained in the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) will not be touched.
“What is settled is settled and both parties by protocols are not allowed to touch them. This is the rule and this must be followed; otherwise, the process will go on and on in full circle.”
This was the clarification made by Mohammad Ameen, Secretary to the MILF Central Committee, on the eve of the forthcoming results of the review of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) conducted by the Office of the President.
He said that the MILF is firm on the position that those issues especially on powers that are agreed by the MILF and government contained in the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and its Annexes must not be tinkered with.
On April 20, the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) had formally signed and adopted the BBL and on April 22nd, the BTC submitted it to the OP, which is now conducting a due diligent study of the document.
Except one, all the 15 BTC commissioners signed the BBL, 12 without reservations and only two with qualifications. Only Commissioner Johaira Wahab did not sign it, simply because she was absent during the signing ceremony last April 20.
Ameen expressed strong conviction that President Benigno Aquino III is as consistent as the MILF in preserving the gains of the peace process especially after the signing of the CAB last March 27.
Meanwhile, reports reaching Luwaran that a powerful lobby is exerting strong pressures to the government to change position on the matter of Lake Lanao, which in the Annex on Power-sharing is part of inland waters, which is one of the exclusive powers of the Bangsamoro.
Spearheading the move, the report added, were people who are consistently opposing any political deal between the government and the MILF since years back.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/997-‘what-is-settled-in-signed-agreements-is-settled’-milf-says
This was the clarification made by Mohammad Ameen, Secretary to the MILF Central Committee, on the eve of the forthcoming results of the review of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) conducted by the Office of the President.
He said that the MILF is firm on the position that those issues especially on powers that are agreed by the MILF and government contained in the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and its Annexes must not be tinkered with.
On April 20, the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) had formally signed and adopted the BBL and on April 22nd, the BTC submitted it to the OP, which is now conducting a due diligent study of the document.
Except one, all the 15 BTC commissioners signed the BBL, 12 without reservations and only two with qualifications. Only Commissioner Johaira Wahab did not sign it, simply because she was absent during the signing ceremony last April 20.
Ameen expressed strong conviction that President Benigno Aquino III is as consistent as the MILF in preserving the gains of the peace process especially after the signing of the CAB last March 27.
Meanwhile, reports reaching Luwaran that a powerful lobby is exerting strong pressures to the government to change position on the matter of Lake Lanao, which in the Annex on Power-sharing is part of inland waters, which is one of the exclusive powers of the Bangsamoro.
Spearheading the move, the report added, were people who are consistently opposing any political deal between the government and the MILF since years back.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/997-‘what-is-settled-in-signed-agreements-is-settled’-milf-says
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