“Don’t give any reason to Moros in Mindanao to secede from the Philippine state.”
This was the oft-repeated message of Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, Chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. This was also stated in his speech during the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) in Malacañang Palace on March 27, 2014.
Successful insurgency or revolutionary struggle necessarily must have legitimate reasons to fight the state and rally the people around it. Popular support is indispensable in the success of this life-and-death struggle. The MILF has all these elements to keep it alive and moving to become the most organized and strongest of all the so-called Moro rebel groups in Mindanao. It has even eclipsed the mother organization, the Moro National Liberation Front, when the latter had failed to consolidate its gains both militarily and politically.
The Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), which is currently under deliberation in both chambers of Congress, has addressed most if not all of the legitimate reasons for any legitimate revolutionary or jihadic organization to fight the state. Anyone or group who fight the government, after a good BBL is finally put into law and sincerely implemented on the ground, will no longer have the cause to fight for and get the support of the people and the international community. Such a struggle will eventually lose steam and fade eventually.
Contrary to the fears of some people, the BBL is a menu for unity and solidarity of the entire Philippine state. Continue to deny the Moros of their basic rights and legitimate aspirations for right to self-determination is to provide them good ammunition to exist and fight a popular war.
We firmly believe the BBL is an antidote to secession; and moreover, it gives more legitimacy to the Philippine state.
In the BBL, it addresses the issues of identity, territory of the Bangsamoro, ancestral domain, natural resources, sharing of powers and wealth, administration of justice (Shariah Law, local courts, and indigenous justice system of the indigenous peoples), human rights issues, etc. What more a Moro can ask for?
Of course, solving the Bangsamoro Question or Problem will not be fully addressed by the BBL alone even if it is passed by Congress. The basis of the BBL is only the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB), its four Annexes and the Addendum on the Bangsamoro Waters, thereby leaving other parts of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) not yet addressed or unimplemented.
This will be done through the other mandate of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) which is to make proposals to amend the Constitution. And almost surely, one of the proposals is to give reserved seats in the Senate for the Moros and the indigenous peoples in this country.
Successful insurgency or revolutionary struggle necessarily must have legitimate reasons to fight the state and rally the people around it. Popular support is indispensable in the success of this life-and-death struggle. The MILF has all these elements to keep it alive and moving to become the most organized and strongest of all the so-called Moro rebel groups in Mindanao. It has even eclipsed the mother organization, the Moro National Liberation Front, when the latter had failed to consolidate its gains both militarily and politically.
The Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), which is currently under deliberation in both chambers of Congress, has addressed most if not all of the legitimate reasons for any legitimate revolutionary or jihadic organization to fight the state. Anyone or group who fight the government, after a good BBL is finally put into law and sincerely implemented on the ground, will no longer have the cause to fight for and get the support of the people and the international community. Such a struggle will eventually lose steam and fade eventually.
Contrary to the fears of some people, the BBL is a menu for unity and solidarity of the entire Philippine state. Continue to deny the Moros of their basic rights and legitimate aspirations for right to self-determination is to provide them good ammunition to exist and fight a popular war.
We firmly believe the BBL is an antidote to secession; and moreover, it gives more legitimacy to the Philippine state.
In the BBL, it addresses the issues of identity, territory of the Bangsamoro, ancestral domain, natural resources, sharing of powers and wealth, administration of justice (Shariah Law, local courts, and indigenous justice system of the indigenous peoples), human rights issues, etc. What more a Moro can ask for?
Of course, solving the Bangsamoro Question or Problem will not be fully addressed by the BBL alone even if it is passed by Congress. The basis of the BBL is only the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB), its four Annexes and the Addendum on the Bangsamoro Waters, thereby leaving other parts of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) not yet addressed or unimplemented.
This will be done through the other mandate of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) which is to make proposals to amend the Constitution. And almost surely, one of the proposals is to give reserved seats in the Senate for the Moros and the indigenous peoples in this country.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/editorial/item/1214-bbl-menu-for-unity-and-solidarity
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