International security analysts and Singapore based geopolitical experts led
by former Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, former Secretary-General of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) lauded the Philippines for the Mindanao peace process that
he said would decrease radicalization and entry for ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq
and Syria
Biveer Sing of S Rajaratnam School of International
Studies (RSIS) told the conference on “Radicalization in East
Asia: Addressing the Challenges of the Expanding ISIS
Influence” at the Edsa Shangrila on May 15 that the peace accord between
government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a “significant
achievement in fighting terrorism.”
He said Mindanao won’t
become a hub with the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) that would pave
the way for the establishment of a Bangsamoro government.
What affects one region affects the other, said Yong.
Southeast Asia is not immune to the influence of the ISIS particularly in the area of movement of personnel
and channeling of resources, he said.
But Yong sees the BBL as the settlement of a historic
grievance that had fueled radicalism, extremism, and terrorism.
Rep. Rodolfo Biazon (Muntinlupa), a former Armed Forces
Chief of Staff, said what they need to resolve in the BLL are the issues on
constitutionality.
Biazon was among 185 conference participants.
The BBL will be voted upon this Monday at the Ad Hoc
Committee level in Congress.
Cardinal Orlando Quevedo, lead convener of the Friends of
Peace in a text message expressed fears the amendments that would remove
constitutional bodies in the BBL such as the Human Rights Commission would
render the Bangsamoro less autonomous than the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) that it seeks to replace.
Organizers of the Conference on radicalization included the
Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy (PCID), Mindanao State University,
University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies
UPCIDS), UP law Center, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
(RSIS) of the Nanyang Technological University.
http://www.mindanews.com/peace-process/2015/05/17/experts-say-gph-milf-peace-pact-a-significant-achievement-in-fighting-terrorism/
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