The passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law in Congress could lead to a tribal war that may further aggravate the peace and order situation in
Absalom Cerveza,
spokesman of the Moro National Liberation Front, said the enactment of the BBL
“may restart tribal strife” among Joloanons and Maguindanaons.
“The passage of
the BBL could trigger tribal war among those long opposed to subjugation,”
Cerveza said, referring to Muslims in Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, Sulu and other areas
in Mindanao opposed to the Bangsamoro entity.
“If the BBL is
approved and if they were to subjugate Sulu, it could be war between the Sulu
sultanate and the Maguinandao sultanate,” Cerveza said.
The BBL was the
result of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, which is the result of
the peace deal entered into between the government and the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) last March 2013.
Local officials
in Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and Sulu and part of the Zamboanga Peninsula
The three
provinces, except Isabela
City
Aside from the
Tausugs, there is also a substantial population of Christians in Isabela City
Cerveza explained
that MNLF founding Chairman Nur Misuari will never allow the Maguindanao
sultanate of Central Mindanao , which the base
of the MILF after it broke away from the MNLF in the 1980s, to rule over the
Tausugs, the tribe to which Misuari belongs.
“Culturally and
traditionally, the Sultanate of Sulu considers itself superior to the
Maguindanao,” Cerveza said.
Cerveza explained
that the BBL does not consider the cultural idiosyncrasies of the various
tribes and the Christian population in Minadanao.
He said the
Muslim community in Mindanao is not
homogenous. “The Maguindanaoans can’t live in Jolo but the Joloanons, although
they have the capability to settle in Maguindanao, opt not to,” Cerveza said.
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