Malacanang on Sunday emphasized the great importance of
getting the understanding and support of most number of the Filipino people to
the peace process particularly the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)
Secretary Herminio ‘Sonny’ Coloma Jr. said President Benigno Aquino III and his
government is determined to expand the information dissemination about the BBL
through the National Peace Summit.
”We’re hoping that through massive explanation and information
dissemination to the people about the important information (of the BBL), they
will have basis to support that passage of the BBL,” Coloma said.
”What is important here is to get the understanding and
support of the biggest number of the people to push through the peace process
which we have been doing for the past 20 years already,” he added.
Coloma said the passage of the draft of the BBL through the
Senate and the House of Representatives and the support of the people will play
crucial role in completing with the peace process through plebiscite hopefully
later this year.
The Senate is set to resume the public hearings on the
proposed BBL which seeks to create the Bangsamoro political entity that will
replace the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
The BBL public hearings both in the Senate and the House of
Representatives have been suspended to give way to the series of inquiries into
the Mamasapano encounter between the Special Action Force (SAF) and the
combined forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).
The Mamasapano incident that claimed the lives of 44 SAF
commandos has created doubts that clouded the MILF’s sincerity as partner in
the peace process, prompting Malacanang to create Peace Council that will
preside and organize the National Peace Summit.
The Peace Council which will be composed of leaders from
different sectors of society including Catholic Church, will help the public
understand the peace agreements signed a year ago between the government and
the MILF.
President Aquino has named Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio
Cardinal Tagle, former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr., Jaime Augusto Zobel de
Ayala, Howard Dee and Muslim Princess Bai Rohaniza Sumndad-Usman as independent
convenors to the council.
Coloma said the support of the different sectors specially
some individuals from the Catholic Church is crucial in the passage of the BBL
and to the government’s effort to achieve the lasting peace in Mindanao.
The PCOO chief particularly mentioned Cardinal Orland
Quevedo of Cotabato and the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines
”Kaya’t makikita naman natin dito ‘yung pagbigay ng suporta
sa prosesong pangkapayapaan mula sa sektor na tinuturing natin,” Coloma said.
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