Friday, July 25, 2014

GPH, MILF determining issues to be included in the draft Bangsamoro law

From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 25): GPH, MILF determining issues to be included in the draft Bangsamoro law

The government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are determining issues in the political agreements that will be included in the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) which the peace panels aim to submit to Congress at the soonest possible time.

“That is not a moving away or diluting political agreements that have already been signed, but are issues about what should now be put in the law,” said Presidential Adviser on Peace Process Teresita Deles in a media interview.

Deles stressed the government and the MILF are working to find a fastest solution acceptable to both parties.

She said the peace panels do not want to renegotiate issues that have already been agreed upon.

“The problem is in the interpretation of how a political agreement is put into legal form. Doon iyong maaaring may deperensiya sa pagiintindi nito and I think that’s what’s very important in what happened yesterday,” she added.

Deles said President Benigno S. Aquino III indicated the need to submit the draft BBL to Congress as early as possible.

For her part, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the President assured that he would push the BBL with conviction.

“As such, kailangan pulido po ‘yung ating due diligence. Alam naman po natin that once a draft is submitted to Congress, ise-certify po na urgent ng Pangulo dahil meron nga po tayong timetable,” she said in a Palace press briefing on Friday.

Valte said the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) has come up with the resolution asking the peace panels to look at some of the issues that have been raised between the legal team and the Commission on the draft law.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=666236

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