City representative Celso L. Lobregat advocated for non-autonomous provisions in the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) during the 29th Public Hearing held at the Municipal Gymnasium, Midsayap, North Cotabato on December 12, 2014. Instead of at the consultation stage, he is as if already deliberating and legislating the proposed law in the Chamber of the House of Congress.
He said, operational control on the police force, now under the mayors is being transferred to the Chief Minister under the BBL. That, according to many quarters is misleading and untrue.
He refuted the answer of OPAPP representative Atty. Jose Lorena where Intergovernmental mechanism is among those agencies to solve conflict born by ambiguities in laws of the Central Government and the Bangsamoro. He said national law must prevail, without giving regard to the ambiguity. He said, the 10% registered voter that may petition for inclusion of their area in the Bangsamoro will create chaos. He said redistricting power of the parliament is unconstitutional. He also said, power of the Chief Minister to grant recall petition and to appoint a replacement is not proper.
The public hearing was presided by Cong, Rufus B. Rodriguez but later, it was continued by Cong. Jesus N. Sacdalan. Other solons present were: Congresswoman Nancy A. Catamco, Congresswoman Bai Sandra A. Sema, Cong. Jose I. Tejada, Cong. Celso L. Lobregat, Cong. Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza, and Cong. Rogelio Neil Pepito Roque. Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Talino-Mendoza joined the consultation.
GPH Panel Chairperson Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, OPAPP member Jose Lorena, OPAPP member Senen Bacani and MILF Panel member Datu Antonio Kinoc were also in the public hearing.
Presentations by the audience were:
A representative of the professional sector appealed for support to the BBL, extend the one year term of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority but feared of constitutional obstacles in the future. Barangay Rangeban, Midsayap’s representative requested for inclusion of their barangay in the Bangsamoro territory. He led the crowd in shouting “Allahu Akbbar” many times, meaning Allah is the greatest. The Consortium of Civil Society expressed support to the BBL.
A Midsayap councillor, on the other hand questioned the recall provision in the BBL as an abusive power. Congressman Lobregat supported him. Three representatives of other organizations sounded the same strong support to the BBL.
A representative of the Mindanao Alliance for Peace (MAP), Mr. Duma Mascud, expressed strong support to the BBL having experiences in war as distributor of relief assistance.
Five speakers from the tribes of Manobo, Teduray and a nun spoke of inclusion of IP rights in the BBL but they did not categorically oppose the BBL.
A Moro woman, three other speakers representing the farmers, the youth and the women sectors appealed for strong support to the BBL in its original GPH-MILF agreed text without diminution. Another Moro lady said, there should be no stratification of tri-people in the BBL.
One speaker asked for immunity from suit under the BBL. MILF Panel Member Datu Kinoc responded that there is immunity under the Philippine Constitution but there is none in the BBL.
There were five other speakers, one of them belongs to the religious sector who asked the legislators to enact and expedite implementation of the BBL without decreasing the agreed text.
Congresswoman Sema, emotionally affected by the indiscriminate anti-Moro stance of Congressman Lobregat, spoke emotionally, saying: “what we are asking in the BBL is ours, Mindanao is ours but we are only asking for a little portion of it. “Hindi kami dapat at hindi kami luluhod sa paghihingi”- meaning we should and we will not kneel on asking what belongs to us.
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He refuted the answer of OPAPP representative Atty. Jose Lorena where Intergovernmental mechanism is among those agencies to solve conflict born by ambiguities in laws of the Central Government and the Bangsamoro. He said national law must prevail, without giving regard to the ambiguity. He said, the 10% registered voter that may petition for inclusion of their area in the Bangsamoro will create chaos. He said redistricting power of the parliament is unconstitutional. He also said, power of the Chief Minister to grant recall petition and to appoint a replacement is not proper.
The public hearing was presided by Cong, Rufus B. Rodriguez but later, it was continued by Cong. Jesus N. Sacdalan. Other solons present were: Congresswoman Nancy A. Catamco, Congresswoman Bai Sandra A. Sema, Cong. Jose I. Tejada, Cong. Celso L. Lobregat, Cong. Raymond Democrito C. Mendoza, and Cong. Rogelio Neil Pepito Roque. Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Talino-Mendoza joined the consultation.
GPH Panel Chairperson Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, OPAPP member Jose Lorena, OPAPP member Senen Bacani and MILF Panel member Datu Antonio Kinoc were also in the public hearing.
Presentations by the audience were:
A representative of the professional sector appealed for support to the BBL, extend the one year term of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority but feared of constitutional obstacles in the future. Barangay Rangeban, Midsayap’s representative requested for inclusion of their barangay in the Bangsamoro territory. He led the crowd in shouting “Allahu Akbbar” many times, meaning Allah is the greatest. The Consortium of Civil Society expressed support to the BBL.
A Midsayap councillor, on the other hand questioned the recall provision in the BBL as an abusive power. Congressman Lobregat supported him. Three representatives of other organizations sounded the same strong support to the BBL.
A representative of the Mindanao Alliance for Peace (MAP), Mr. Duma Mascud, expressed strong support to the BBL having experiences in war as distributor of relief assistance.
Five speakers from the tribes of Manobo, Teduray and a nun spoke of inclusion of IP rights in the BBL but they did not categorically oppose the BBL.
A Moro woman, three other speakers representing the farmers, the youth and the women sectors appealed for strong support to the BBL in its original GPH-MILF agreed text without diminution. Another Moro lady said, there should be no stratification of tri-people in the BBL.
One speaker asked for immunity from suit under the BBL. MILF Panel Member Datu Kinoc responded that there is immunity under the Philippine Constitution but there is none in the BBL.
There were five other speakers, one of them belongs to the religious sector who asked the legislators to enact and expedite implementation of the BBL without decreasing the agreed text.
Congresswoman Sema, emotionally affected by the indiscriminate anti-Moro stance of Congressman Lobregat, spoke emotionally, saying: “what we are asking in the BBL is ours, Mindanao is ours but we are only asking for a little portion of it. “Hindi kami dapat at hindi kami luluhod sa paghihingi”- meaning we should and we will not kneel on asking what belongs to us.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/1406-rep-lobregat’s-anti-autonomy-stance-mars-committee’s-neutrality-in-29th-bbl-public-hearing
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