Philippines President Benigno C. Aquino III is allotting PhP 2.7 Billion for transition activities leading to the setting up and election of officials of the proposed Bangsamoro Region in Mindanao in May 2016, Philstar reported on Saturday, August 9.
House appropriations committee chaired by Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab on the proposed P2.606-trillion 2015 national budget.
Representative Quisumbing asked Budget Secretary Florencio Abad why there is already an appropriation for the Bangsamoro region even if there is still no law creating the new regional entity.
Abad said the President, in his budget proposal, anticipated approval by Congress of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. When enacted, the BBL law will be submitted to the people in Mindanao for ratification. The law shall become the enabling act for the new Bangsamoro Region.
“The President has made his appeal to Congress that if we can enact the organic law at the end of this year or early next year, then the Bangsamoro Transition Authority will take over and begin to govern the Bangsamoro area,” he said.
He said it would be difficult “to scramble and provide for the necessary funds if this is done in 2015.”
He added that the P2.7-billion funding is different from the annual budget of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Aquino is proposing P23 billion for the ARMM for next year, up by P3 billion from this year’s P20 billion.
The President has praised ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman as a “ghost buster” for busting ghost personnel and transactions in the region.
In his budget message to Congress, Aquino said the P2.7 billion would be used for converting areas controlled by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) into “productive economic hubs” and for other interventions aimed at implementing the peace agreement with the MILF.
“These interventions will allow the people in the region to create the road toward their own prosperity. The region has a potential to become a new point of economic interest,” he said.
He said the signing of the peace agreement with the MILF “serves as an inspiration in continuing to push for the peaceful settlement of other internal conflicts.”
“The government anticipates the next major milestone in the peace process – the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law by the end of the year,” he added.
“We will continue to address the lack of social and economic services in conflict-affected communities. We will intensify the presence of the government by nurturing the economic potential of these areas where violence and distrust previously thrived,” he stressed.
The MILF and the government panels are currently engage in a workshop on the draft BBL in Davao City that will end today.
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Representative Quisumbing asked Budget Secretary Florencio Abad why there is already an appropriation for the Bangsamoro region even if there is still no law creating the new regional entity.
Abad said the President, in his budget proposal, anticipated approval by Congress of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. When enacted, the BBL law will be submitted to the people in Mindanao for ratification. The law shall become the enabling act for the new Bangsamoro Region.
“The President has made his appeal to Congress that if we can enact the organic law at the end of this year or early next year, then the Bangsamoro Transition Authority will take over and begin to govern the Bangsamoro area,” he said.
He said it would be difficult “to scramble and provide for the necessary funds if this is done in 2015.”
He added that the P2.7-billion funding is different from the annual budget of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
Aquino is proposing P23 billion for the ARMM for next year, up by P3 billion from this year’s P20 billion.
The President has praised ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman as a “ghost buster” for busting ghost personnel and transactions in the region.
In his budget message to Congress, Aquino said the P2.7 billion would be used for converting areas controlled by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) into “productive economic hubs” and for other interventions aimed at implementing the peace agreement with the MILF.
“These interventions will allow the people in the region to create the road toward their own prosperity. The region has a potential to become a new point of economic interest,” he said.
He said the signing of the peace agreement with the MILF “serves as an inspiration in continuing to push for the peaceful settlement of other internal conflicts.”
“The government anticipates the next major milestone in the peace process – the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law by the end of the year,” he added.
“We will continue to address the lack of social and economic services in conflict-affected communities. We will intensify the presence of the government by nurturing the economic potential of these areas where violence and distrust previously thrived,” he stressed.
The MILF and the government panels are currently engage in a workshop on the draft BBL in Davao City that will end today.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/1143-malacañang-allots-php27-billion-for-transition-activities-in-bangsamoro
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