Despite the delay in the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) maintains its commitment to peace.
This was the resounding message of the MILF negotiation panel chair and concurrent BTC-MILF chairperson Mohagher Iqbal during the two day BBL and Normalization advocacy campaign conducted by the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management institute for the members of the 104thBase Command at Camp Badruddin, Maguindanao.
The activity aims to educate the BIAF members on the pertinent provisions of the BBL especially and more importantly, the agreement provisions relating to the normalization process. This initiative is part of the MILF’s social preparation for the combatants for them to be able to slowly revert back to mainstream society and become productive.
During the activity, one of the participants asked about the process of decommissioning. The Chair explained the decommissioning, that it is not surrendering the arms of the MILF but putting them beyond use which will be handled by the third and independent body (IDB), this will be implemented phase by phase that will correspond to the specific percentage of arms to be decommissioned. The ceremonial was composed of 75 firearms and 145 combatants, the second arms to be decommissioned is equivalent to 30 percent, then will be followed by another 35 percent and the last phase that corresponds with the signing of the Exit Agreement will be 35 percent.
These phases of decommissioning will complement along with the roadmap for the crafting of good and acceptable BBL, the establishment of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) and the last phase will correspond to the signing of the exit agreement or upon compliance of both parties to the peace processes. In other words, the process of decommissioning will be completed upon the signing of the Exit Agreement.
From a violent past to peaceful settlement, BLMI executive director Mahmoud S. Ahmad shared the perspective on “Mindset Change”. He started by reciting the verse from the Qur’an that says “God will never change the condition of the people or community unless they themselves change”. Change, he said, must come first from ourselves. He also emphasized the different aspects and forms of change persons need to undertake. These are the mindsets, behaviours, skills, processes and systems. He said, change is very easy to say but hard to do.
On the second day, the focus of the discussions were the topics on how to conduct effective advocacy campaigns as an active non-violence strategy, alliance building and community organizing.
This activity was made possible through the support of the European Union Delegation to the Philippines through the Building Public Participation in Governance project managed by Conciliation Resources.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/new/item/488-advocating-bbl-and-normalisation-advocating-peace
The activity aims to educate the BIAF members on the pertinent provisions of the BBL especially and more importantly, the agreement provisions relating to the normalization process. This initiative is part of the MILF’s social preparation for the combatants for them to be able to slowly revert back to mainstream society and become productive.
During the activity, one of the participants asked about the process of decommissioning. The Chair explained the decommissioning, that it is not surrendering the arms of the MILF but putting them beyond use which will be handled by the third and independent body (IDB), this will be implemented phase by phase that will correspond to the specific percentage of arms to be decommissioned. The ceremonial was composed of 75 firearms and 145 combatants, the second arms to be decommissioned is equivalent to 30 percent, then will be followed by another 35 percent and the last phase that corresponds with the signing of the Exit Agreement will be 35 percent.
These phases of decommissioning will complement along with the roadmap for the crafting of good and acceptable BBL, the establishment of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) and the last phase will correspond to the signing of the exit agreement or upon compliance of both parties to the peace processes. In other words, the process of decommissioning will be completed upon the signing of the Exit Agreement.
From a violent past to peaceful settlement, BLMI executive director Mahmoud S. Ahmad shared the perspective on “Mindset Change”. He started by reciting the verse from the Qur’an that says “God will never change the condition of the people or community unless they themselves change”. Change, he said, must come first from ourselves. He also emphasized the different aspects and forms of change persons need to undertake. These are the mindsets, behaviours, skills, processes and systems. He said, change is very easy to say but hard to do.
On the second day, the focus of the discussions were the topics on how to conduct effective advocacy campaigns as an active non-violence strategy, alliance building and community organizing.
This activity was made possible through the support of the European Union Delegation to the Philippines through the Building Public Participation in Governance project managed by Conciliation Resources.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/new/item/488-advocating-bbl-and-normalisation-advocating-peace
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