Officials of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) graced a dialogue organized by Metro Manila-based civil society organisations (CSOs) on September 5 at a restaurant in Mandaluyong City.
Inorder to apprise the concerned CSOs on the status of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), Chairman Mohagher Iqbal brought along with him BTC commissioners Raissa Jajurie, Ibrahim Ali and Melanio Ulama so that issues on women, Shariah and indigenous peoples, among others, can be satisfactorily addressed by commissioners who have expertise on these fields.
Commissioner Jajurie has extensive works in non-government organisations while Commissioner Ali is an expert in Shariah laws. Commissioner Ulama hails from the Indigenous Peoples and is a Timway (leader) of the Tedurays of Upi, Maguindanao.
The CSOs raised several issues and concerns such as probable constitutional challenge that the BBL might encounter, tight congressional schedules, and even the growing interest of other regions over the ministerial form of government that the Bangsamoro would take.
Sr. Arnold Maria Noel of Balay Rehabilitation said that advocates of federalism in the Bicol region are keenly observing the future formation of a ministerial government in the Bangsamoro.
The CSOs suggested a wide array of activities that need to be undertaken inorder to drumbeat popular support for the BBL which is expected to be submitted to Congress few days from now.
The organisers of the “Brunch with the BTC” were WE ACT 1325 (Women Engaged in Action on 1325), MPC (Mindanao People’s Caucus) and MCSOPP (Mindanao Civil Society Organizations Platform for Peace).
The participating CSOs included AKKAPKA (Aksyon para sa Kapayapaan at Katarungan), TUCP (Trade Union Congress of the Philippines), Balay Rehabilitation, GZOPI (Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute), PCID (Philippine Council for Islam & Democracy), International Alert, WPT or Women’s Peace Tables, Saligan Mindanao, YMPN (Young Moro Professionals Network) and IPON (International Peace Observers Network).
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Commissioner Jajurie has extensive works in non-government organisations while Commissioner Ali is an expert in Shariah laws. Commissioner Ulama hails from the Indigenous Peoples and is a Timway (leader) of the Tedurays of Upi, Maguindanao.
The CSOs raised several issues and concerns such as probable constitutional challenge that the BBL might encounter, tight congressional schedules, and even the growing interest of other regions over the ministerial form of government that the Bangsamoro would take.
Sr. Arnold Maria Noel of Balay Rehabilitation said that advocates of federalism in the Bicol region are keenly observing the future formation of a ministerial government in the Bangsamoro.
The CSOs suggested a wide array of activities that need to be undertaken inorder to drumbeat popular support for the BBL which is expected to be submitted to Congress few days from now.
The organisers of the “Brunch with the BTC” were WE ACT 1325 (Women Engaged in Action on 1325), MPC (Mindanao People’s Caucus) and MCSOPP (Mindanao Civil Society Organizations Platform for Peace).
The participating CSOs included AKKAPKA (Aksyon para sa Kapayapaan at Katarungan), TUCP (Trade Union Congress of the Philippines), Balay Rehabilitation, GZOPI (Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute), PCID (Philippine Council for Islam & Democracy), International Alert, WPT or Women’s Peace Tables, Saligan Mindanao, YMPN (Young Moro Professionals Network) and IPON (International Peace Observers Network).
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/1197-btc-meets-cso’s-in-metro-manila
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