There is no way we can stop people’s minds to speculate on the nature of the comments made by the Office of the President (OP) on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) which was submitted to it by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) last April 22.
For this reason, it is better to discuss, at least the generalities of the comments, rather than close the door of their understanding completely. The people have the right to know.
Right now there are groups who asked the government to make public the BBL. The MILF is not taking an active endorsement. We are aware of the consequence, plus or minus, of disclosing or withholding it. Besides, negotiation is not always transparency but also confidentiality.
Without delving into details, the OP’s comments are like a cow bearing a horse, which defies the law of science or nature that the offspring will always carry the genes of the parents. Genes are the working subunits of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which is the chemical information database that carries the complete set of instructions for the cell as to the nature of the proteins produced by it, its life span, maturity, function and death. Each gene contains a particular set of instructions, usually coding for a particular protein or for a particular function.
We do not know what made the review team look at the Moro Question as purely legal matter. While we respect the Philippine Constitution, but it is too shallow and limited to fully address this problem. This is the reason that up to now the MILF is firm on its conviction that the current Constitution would require an amendment to finally put to rest the conflict in Mindanao. But the government side is equally firm on their stand that this Constitution has the flexibilities to accommodate and implement legally the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB). The government also repeatedly said that they will not sign an agreement that they cannot implement. These two theses are put to test now and soon a verdict comes out.
Frankly, we cannot fathom, except those of the lawyers’, why they had that kind of comments, which are purely based on legalese. Part of the review team were the very office tasked by the government to oversee the conduct of peace negotiations not just with the MILF but with all “rebel” groups in the Philippines and a former lady commissioner of the BTC who did not sign the proposed BBL. Both are fully aware that the issue of the Bangsamoro is political that requires a political solution. Pure legalism will bring us to nowhere.
However, whatever is the reason is not the real issue. The real thing is how the Parties, especially their Principals manage the situation not to retrogress seriously. This if and they are still committed to settle the issue. Both sides have invested so much and it is easier to push forward rather than revert back to uncertainty.
It is time that on the side of the government, President Benigno Aquino III should personally attend to this issue. Success or failure, it is his name which will be at the forefront and at stake. More seriously, success or failure of the peace-making matters much. Everybody will be affected.
The truth is that like the MILF, not all in government prefer to solve this conflict in Mindanao through peaceful means and fairly. There are those whose agenda run counter to the policies of the MILF and government and whenever opportunity arises they will do their thing on their own fashion. The worst enemy is not from without but from within. That is why spies and traitors are punished painfully during wars or even in peacetime.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/editorial/item/1076-moro-question-is-political
Right now there are groups who asked the government to make public the BBL. The MILF is not taking an active endorsement. We are aware of the consequence, plus or minus, of disclosing or withholding it. Besides, negotiation is not always transparency but also confidentiality.
Without delving into details, the OP’s comments are like a cow bearing a horse, which defies the law of science or nature that the offspring will always carry the genes of the parents. Genes are the working subunits of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which is the chemical information database that carries the complete set of instructions for the cell as to the nature of the proteins produced by it, its life span, maturity, function and death. Each gene contains a particular set of instructions, usually coding for a particular protein or for a particular function.
We do not know what made the review team look at the Moro Question as purely legal matter. While we respect the Philippine Constitution, but it is too shallow and limited to fully address this problem. This is the reason that up to now the MILF is firm on its conviction that the current Constitution would require an amendment to finally put to rest the conflict in Mindanao. But the government side is equally firm on their stand that this Constitution has the flexibilities to accommodate and implement legally the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB). The government also repeatedly said that they will not sign an agreement that they cannot implement. These two theses are put to test now and soon a verdict comes out.
Frankly, we cannot fathom, except those of the lawyers’, why they had that kind of comments, which are purely based on legalese. Part of the review team were the very office tasked by the government to oversee the conduct of peace negotiations not just with the MILF but with all “rebel” groups in the Philippines and a former lady commissioner of the BTC who did not sign the proposed BBL. Both are fully aware that the issue of the Bangsamoro is political that requires a political solution. Pure legalism will bring us to nowhere.
However, whatever is the reason is not the real issue. The real thing is how the Parties, especially their Principals manage the situation not to retrogress seriously. This if and they are still committed to settle the issue. Both sides have invested so much and it is easier to push forward rather than revert back to uncertainty.
It is time that on the side of the government, President Benigno Aquino III should personally attend to this issue. Success or failure, it is his name which will be at the forefront and at stake. More seriously, success or failure of the peace-making matters much. Everybody will be affected.
The truth is that like the MILF, not all in government prefer to solve this conflict in Mindanao through peaceful means and fairly. There are those whose agenda run counter to the policies of the MILF and government and whenever opportunity arises they will do their thing on their own fashion. The worst enemy is not from without but from within. That is why spies and traitors are punished painfully during wars or even in peacetime.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/editorial/item/1076-moro-question-is-political
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