The special meeting of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Peace Panels that started on July 8 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ended Friday, July 11 yielded “modest progress”.
The panels discussed in the four-day “workshop” the contents and final text of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and agreed to meet again in Manila “within the next few days” to come up with a “mutually acceptable BBL for submission to Congress”. The meeting was attended by six GPH panel members, 5 MILF panel members, BTC Commissioners and members of the International Contact Group.
In a joint statement issued at the end of the meeting, it said that, “They achieved modest progress and identified consensus language in the light of signed agreements” and “resolved to continue working together to come up with a mutually acceptable draft Bangsamoro Basic Law”. It also said that,” The meeting “provided the panels the opportunity to clarify misperceptions and affirm the intent and sincerity of the parties to abide by the signed agreements”.
The meeting held at the Bellamy House in Kuala Lumpur was prompted by MILF concerns on the “overhauled draft copy of the BBL which Malacañang returned to the BTC on June 21. On June 24, MILF Chieftain Al Haj Murad Ebrahim and BangsamoroTransition Commission Chair Mohagher Iqbal met with President Benigno Simon Aquino III at Hiroshima, Japan and the Front chairman raised the issue on the Malacañang-proposed revisions to the draft BBL.
On July 3, the BTC held a plenary session; passed a resolution, elevating the “serious concern” to the peace panels on the revised BBL draft.
The consensus reached by the peace panels at Kuala Lumpur shall be brought back to their respective principals for consultation and approval.
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In a joint statement issued at the end of the meeting, it said that, “They achieved modest progress and identified consensus language in the light of signed agreements” and “resolved to continue working together to come up with a mutually acceptable draft Bangsamoro Basic Law”. It also said that,” The meeting “provided the panels the opportunity to clarify misperceptions and affirm the intent and sincerity of the parties to abide by the signed agreements”.
The meeting held at the Bellamy House in Kuala Lumpur was prompted by MILF concerns on the “overhauled draft copy of the BBL which Malacañang returned to the BTC on June 21. On June 24, MILF Chieftain Al Haj Murad Ebrahim and BangsamoroTransition Commission Chair Mohagher Iqbal met with President Benigno Simon Aquino III at Hiroshima, Japan and the Front chairman raised the issue on the Malacañang-proposed revisions to the draft BBL.
On July 3, the BTC held a plenary session; passed a resolution, elevating the “serious concern” to the peace panels on the revised BBL draft.
The consensus reached by the peace panels at Kuala Lumpur shall be brought back to their respective principals for consultation and approval.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/1087-gph-milf-special-meeting-in-kuala-lumpur-yields-“modest-progress”
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