An organization and business groups in Mindanao are still
favoring the passage of the original Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) because this
would provide genuine autonomy for Muslims in Mindanao .
Deo Palma, secretary general of the Ang Katipunan ng mga
Samahang Maharlika, said this was what he found out during his consultations in
Region 12 covering the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Saranggni
and cities of General Santos, Tacurong, Kidapawan, Midsayap, Koronadal and
Cotabato.
Palma said that he is at present conducting a series of
consultation and gathering data about the BBL for their research and
comprehensive study on what are the advantages and disadvantages on the
agreement being pushed by the concurrent administration of President Noynoy Aquino
3rd with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) compared to the agreement
signed by former President Fidel V. Ramos on September 2, 1996 with the Moro
National Liberation Front (MNLF).
He also said that business leaders in the Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) during a conference on Wednesday urged lawmakers to
let the original draft of the BBL be considered because it gives the Muslims a
chance to gain autonomy.
The business leaders conference titled “Forum on the
Economic Impact of the BBL: Original Draft vs. Substitute Bill,” was sponsored
by the Regional Board of Investment in the autonomous region.
The business leaders said that bills to substitute the BBL,
particularly House Bill 5811 and Senate Bill 2984, must be properly discussed
because these are tantamount to the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro
(CAB) that was signed between the Philippine government and the MILF last year.
A former municipal mayor of Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat,
Labualas Abdul “Samrod” Mamansual, who also attended the business leaders
conference, said he favors the BBL but said the MNLF’s call for genuine
autonomy should be heeded.
“But let us also consider the fight of the MNLF who also
wants the genuine autonomy which we had long fought for almost 30 years in
struggle before the final signing of the September 2, 1996 MNLF-GPH peace
agreement,” he said, referring to the Philippine government.
Mamansual also said President Aquino does not recognize the
legitimacy of what Ramos had signed with the MNLF neither does he listen to the
voice of the senior leaders of the MNLF.
http://www.manilatimes.net/mindanao-groups-support-original-bbl/219734/
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