Moro youths pass resolution supporting Malacanang's Mindanao peace overtures

From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 3): Moro youths pass resolution supporting Malacanang's Mindanao peace overtures

Aware they are among the beneficiaries of the government's peace overtures in southern Philippines, a bloc of young Moro leaders here have authored a resolution expressing support to the efforts of the state and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to establish an MILF-led Bangsamoro political entity.

Both the government and the MILF have already signed a peace deal that will bilaterally put up a Bangsamoro government that will replace the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Both sides signed the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro (CAB), which was signed by both sides last March 27 in Malacañang.

The resolution was drafted and passed by the Young Moro Professionals Network (YMPN) in the ARMM expressing their desire that the Mindanao peace process become an integral part of the social mainstream.

It was endorsed by the YMPN to the secretariat of the 10th National Youth Parliament, held last month in Manila.

“We, the youth in the Muslim Mindanao area, want to mainstream the issue of peace process," pointed out Asan Al-Ameen Camlian, 23, of Basilan, a component province of ARMM.

Aside from Basilan, ARMM is composed of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

YMPN is currently the largest group of Muslim professionals in the country, which participated in last month’s 10th National Youth Parliament in Manila.

According to Amir Mawalil, director of the ARMM’s Bureau of Public Information, the national youth gathering gave an opportunity for Muslim professionals to ventilate their sentiments and desire toward the achievement of lasting peace in Muslim Mindanao.

Mawalil, also a member of the YMPN, said the recent national gathering, participated in by 204 youth parliamentarians from 17 regions, discussed issues like the future of the Filipino youth, health, employment, education, and involvement in pro-peace and development initiatives.

The ARMM was represented in the 10th NYP by Camlian, Tadzmahar Abdulkadil, Fatimah Jasmeen Alih, Sitti Anieza Darong, Ro-Janna Jamiri, Keith Einstein Pon (Tawi-Tawi), Sittie Fatimah Balt, Mubarak Cabugatan, Roselainie Calil, Lady Hanifah Mindalano (Lanao del Sur), Julamin Paglala, and Amenodin Samporna (Maguindanao).

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