MILF leader Ghadzali Jaafar. FILE PHOTO BY DENNIS ARCON
Malaysia will continue to invite Malaysian businessmen to invest in Mindanao even as it expressed continued support to the Mindanao peace process, Malaysia's ambassador to the Philippines said Sunday.
His Excellency Dato Mohammad Zamri Mohammad Kassim made the commitment during his visit to Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) stronghold in Barangay Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao Sunday.
Kassim met with MILF chief Al Haj Murad Ebrahim and MILF Vice Chair for Political Affairs Ghadzali Jaafar in the MILF chair's office in Barangay Darapanan.
He was accompanied by Malaysian Consul Zawawi Tahir and General Sheikh Mohksin, head of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) Mission 10, and their delegation.
Murad warmly welcomed the Malaysian delegation and expressed appreciation for their coming to Mindanao and at Camp Darapanan.
Ambassador Kassim reiterated his government’s strong commitment and support to the peace process as well as to continue acting as peace process facilitator and head of the IMT as long as both parties need it.
Malaysia has been the lead country in the six-nation IMT that has monitored the implementation of the GPH-MILF ceasefire agreement since 2003.
The Malaysian envoy told Murad his government will continue to extend to the Bangsamoro and Filipino people in general their assistance in the field of education and human resource development through their institutions and programs.
He also said Malaysia will continue to assist in developing the economy through inviting and encouraging private investors to invest in the Bangsamoro and other parts of the country.
"We continue to hope and pray for the early passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) that is acceptable to all parties and the Bangsamoro people and to continue to monitor the situation and progress of the peace process,” he said.
MILF thanks Malaysia
Murad in behalf of the MILF and the Moro people thanked Malaysia for its active participation in the peace process, including the facilitation of the peace talks, heading the IMT, and extending educational and human resource development training to selected Moro individuals particularly on capacity-building, among others.
These capacity-building programs Malaysia has been providing to Moro participants in Kuala Lumpur are in preparation for the upcoming establishment of the Bangsamoro new political entity once the BBL is passed by Congress and ratified by the people in proposed areas of Bangsamoro in a plebiscite.
The passage of the BBL is seen as a step to resolve the decades-old Bangsamoro conflict.
The proposed law is still pending in Congress and expected to be passed within the year.
In a separate statement, the MILF and the government peace panel, as well as prominent individuals including influential Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Cardinal Quevedo, and civil society groups and non-government organizations supportive of the peace process and the Bangsamoro people, have urged Congress to pass the original version of the proposed law agreed between President Benigno Aquino II and the MILF submitted to Congress on September 10, 2014.
The draft law was based on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/115812/malaysian-diplomats-visit-milf-leaders-vow-to-invite-investors-to-bangsamoro
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