A lawyer and elected delegate to the 1971 Constitutional
Convention will file on October 27 an “urgent motion for leave to intervene and
to admit attached comment-in-intervention” before the Supreme Court in defense
of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and the Comprehensive
Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) which have been questioned before the highest
court of the land.
Datu Michael O. Mastura, representing the Bangsamoro, will
respond to earlier petitions filed, among others, by the Philippine
Constitutional Association (PHILCONSA) asking the highest court to nullify the
FAB and CAB.
A senior member of the MILF Peace negotiating panel, former
member of House of Representatives, a historian, lawyer, prolific writer and
scholar, Mastura’s act of filing this Intervention case is inspired by his
“maratabat” for the Bangsamoro nation.
A “maratabat” means a Moro contribution to fellow Moro
struggle during crucial time when they face most perilous trial as whether to
remain as colonized subjects under the status quo or be a free people
exercising the right to self-determination.
Lawyer Mary Ann Arnado of Mindanao Peoples Caucus urged
fellow Mindanao peace advocates to show support for Mastura, more known as
“Datu Mike,” who is a direct descendant of the great Sultan Kudarat, who in
history, is acknowledged as one of the finest leaders and heroes of Muslim
Mindanao.
“Let us show to all and sundry that Datu Mike is not alone
in his mission, nor is he alone in his maratabat, and that we stand together with
him because his maratabat is our maratabat, it is every Bangsamoro's maratabat,
and the maratabat of the entire Moro Nation itself,” Arnado said.
Arnado said Datu Mike seeks to intervene in this case in his
personal capacity as a native born successor generation of Moro ancestry and as
bearer of heritage of indigenous institutions in Muslim Mindanao.
"He seeks to intervene in order to provide an opportunity
for the Bangsamoro people to be heard before the Supreme Court as their own
identity is pilloried, their allegiance to this Republic harshly questioned,
and their genuine aspiration for freedom, justice and peace repeatedly
suppressed by the sheer tyranny of the majority of this country," Arnado
said.
"The cardinal rule on due process dictates that before
the Honorable Supreme Court exercise its power of judicial review and decide on
the fate of the FAB and CAB, the Bangsamoro people through the humble
Intervention need first to be heard and properly understood," she added.
After his appearance before the SC along Padre Faura Street Manila ,
he will host a press conference at 10:30 a.m. at Max Restaurant
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