GPH legal counsel: Proposed Bangsamoro Basic measure, inclusive of MNLF's plea

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 17): GPH legal counsel:  Proposed Bangsamoro Basic measure, inclusive of MNLF's plea

Lawyer Al Amin Julkipli, legal counsel of the government peace panel assured that the proposed Bangsamoro Basic measure includes the consensus points of the Moro National Liberation Front.

Speaking to the participants in the 12th Mindanao Communicators Network Congress in Zamboanga City, he said one of the interventions to stress the inclusivity of the measure is the inclusion of the 42 consensus points of the MNLF in the proposed law.

He said the 42 consensus points are based on the 42 provisions that the MNLF wanted to add to the Republic Act 9054 which established the Organic Act for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Julkipli explained that during the review process of the 19996 government-MNLF peace agreement, by the tripartite review process, all parties looked closely on the unaccomplished provisions of the pact.

“It was the initiative of our partners in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to include in the Bangsamoro Basic Law the 42 consensus points,” he said.

Julkipli said that the MNLF is aware of the conscious effort that they are invited and are part of the peace process.

He said that the ARMM now maybe working, but for the MILF, it needs improvement in its autonomy.

“We can build on from that, because the 1996 accord with the MNLF resulted to the creation of the ARMM,” Julkipli said citing that the peace process between the government and the MILF is connected to the previous peace agreement with the MNLF.

Julkipli said following the meeting between the MILF and MNLF, one of the core messaging changed was to do away with statement like ARMM is a failure, because it would imply that the peace process with the MNLF was also failure.

He said that in the BBL, there are provisions stating that all powers being devolved to the ARMM will be devolved also to the Bangsamoro.

“It is a stark recognition on the part of the MILF and the government that the MNLF also has a stake in the peace process,” Julkipli said.

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