Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) group led by Chairman
Datu Abul Khayr Alonto asserted on Thursday that the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)
based on the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), yet to be passed
by Congress this June 2015 under the Aquino administration, is the best chance
to achieve peace in Mindanao and build a genuine autonomy that the Bangsamoro
people struggled for decades.
“Ang BBL ang ating pinaka-mabisang batas upang
maisakatuparan ang maayos at tunay na kasarinlan o otonomiya na hangad ng
Bangsamoro sa nakaraang ilang dekada. Ang BBL ay naaayon sa ating Saligang
Batas na nagsasaad ng karampatang otonomiya para sa Muslim Mindanao at
makikinabang dito lahat ng Bangsamoro at lahat ng Pilipino,” said Alonto.
The draft BBL, pending for passage by Congress, is the legal
iteration of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), which is the
peace pact signed between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on March 27, 2014 and witnessed by different
stakeholders and the international community.
Alonto appealed to lawmakers and the public to open their
hearts and minds and understand the importance of the passage of the BBL as the
key to peace and development in Mindanao and
the country in general. “Our lawmakers have the historic role to pass this
draft BBL, which is inclusive of all the concerns of stakeholders in the
Bangsamoro and can end the armed conflict in the south.”
He says that the BBL shall be beneficial to all as it aims to
achieve genuine political and fiscal autonomy and build on the gains of the
current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
“There is no alternative to BBL. If the BBL is not passed,
many of our Bangsamoro brothers and sisters in the MILF will lose faith in the
peaceful process of negotiating and implementing a peace agreement. They
committed to transform into civilian life when the Bangsamoro is created. But,
this will only happen if the CAB is fully realized.”
On January 5, 2015, Alonto and MILF Chair Al Haj Murad
Ebrahim in a communique jointly expressed a reiteration of MNLF's support to
the "full implementation of the CAB” as published in the 2014 MNLF
Declaration of Unity at Lama Mardeka.
The statement also cited that both Moro fronts agree to
"continue working together to foster strong Unity, Solidarity and
Brotherhood as one Bangsamoro people."
Alonto is a founding leader of the MNLF and first vice
chairman of the original MNLF Central Committee, elected three times.
Alonto expressed his support to the BBL passage in various
consultations conducted respectively by the House of Representatives, the
Senate, and the GPH peace panel.
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