In the hands of Congress is a formula – the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) – for achieving national unity and quelling the Moro secessionist movement, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said yesterday.
If the BBL is enacted and implemented, there would be no more reason for Muslim Filipinos to fight government for independence, the MILF said on its official internet portal, Luwaran.com.
“We firmly believe the BBL is an antidote to secession; and moreover, it gives more legitimacy to the Philippine state,” the MILF said.
The MILF said Moros had legitimate reasons and popular support for rebelling against the government and seeking secession.
But the BBL has addressed most if not all of the legitimate reasons for any revolutionary organization to fight the state, it said.
The MILF said that “after a good BBL” passes into law and then implemented with sincerity, no Moro or group “will have the cause to fight for and get the support of the people and the international community.”
The MILF and the GPH signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) on March 27.
The BBL was drafted to implement the agreement to create a new political entity called the Bangsamoro to replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
The MILF allayed fears the BBL would be divisive.
“Contrary to the fears of some people, the BBL is a menu for unity and solidarity of the entire state. Continue to deny the Moros their basic rights and legitimate aspirations is to provide them good ammunition to exist and fight a popular war,” it said.
Though the BBL is not a cure-all for the Bangsamoro question or problem, it addresses many issues, such as identity, Bangsamoro territory, ancestral domain, natural resources, sharing of powers and wealth, administration of justice through Shari’ah Law, local courts, and indigenous justice system of the indigenous peoples), and human rights, it said.
“What more a Moro can ask for?” the MILF said.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/1227-bangsamoro-law-‘antidote’-to-secession-–-milf
“We firmly believe the BBL is an antidote to secession; and moreover, it gives more legitimacy to the Philippine state,” the MILF said.
The MILF said Moros had legitimate reasons and popular support for rebelling against the government and seeking secession.
But the BBL has addressed most if not all of the legitimate reasons for any revolutionary organization to fight the state, it said.
The MILF said that “after a good BBL” passes into law and then implemented with sincerity, no Moro or group “will have the cause to fight for and get the support of the people and the international community.”
The MILF and the GPH signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) on March 27.
The BBL was drafted to implement the agreement to create a new political entity called the Bangsamoro to replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
The MILF allayed fears the BBL would be divisive.
“Contrary to the fears of some people, the BBL is a menu for unity and solidarity of the entire state. Continue to deny the Moros their basic rights and legitimate aspirations is to provide them good ammunition to exist and fight a popular war,” it said.
Though the BBL is not a cure-all for the Bangsamoro question or problem, it addresses many issues, such as identity, Bangsamoro territory, ancestral domain, natural resources, sharing of powers and wealth, administration of justice through Shari’ah Law, local courts, and indigenous justice system of the indigenous peoples), and human rights, it said.
“What more a Moro can ask for?” the MILF said.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/1227-bangsamoro-law-‘antidote’-to-secession-–-milf
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