“The peace process is at crossroads: Do we let our anger and fear carry us away or do choose to end the cycle of poverty and violence in
Aquino
said despite his administration’s achievements and many challenges which were
already surmounted, “there are still lot of works to be done.”
“The fight
against corruption and poverty is still on,” he said, “and more should be done
to ensure that the next president would not inherit problems in his stint.
The
President is bent to have the Bangsamoro, an autonomous political entity that
will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, be established in his
term.
The
Philippine government has signed with the MILF last March 27, 2014 the Comprehensive
Agreement on the Bangsamoro, a working document that provides the mechanisms
for the establishment of the Bangsamoro.
As
stipulated in the CAB, the President appointed members of the Bangsamoro
Transition Commission, a body which drafted the Bangsamoro Basic Law (LAW)
which is now in Congress for review and deliberation.
The BBL is
hoped to be passed into law by June this year and will be subjected to a
plebiscite for ratification by the Bangsamoro people in the Bangsamoro
territory.
Peace
advocates and the Bangsamoro people have been urging the lawmakers to pass the
BBL.
After the
bloody Mamasapano incident last January 25, there is fear that the lawmakers
shall dilute the BBL which the MILF believes will make the measure ineffective
in addressing the problems in the Bangsamoro.
Amidst call
for all-out-war against the MILF and junking of the draft charter, President
Aquino asked the lawmakers for the passage of the BBL.
Some
senators question certain provisions of the BBL which they view “unconstitutional.”
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