A senior member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
peace panel on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petitions
against the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and the Comprehensive
Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).
MILF peace panel senior member and former lawmaker Datu
Michael Mastura filed an urgent omnibus motion for leave to intervene before
the SC in favor of the FAB and the CAB.
In his 82-page petition, Mastura asked the SC to dismiss the
petitions opposing the FAB and the CAB for lack of merit.
The assailed petitions were filed by the Philippine
Constitution Association (PHILCONSA), Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Neri
Colminares, among others, questioning the constitutionality of the FAB and the
CAB.
Mastura argued that the crafting into law of the Bangsamoro
Basic Law (BBL) should proceed in order to continue the peace process so that
it will serve as a transition process until the conduct of the plebiscite for
the BBL.
The petitioner also asked the SC to pave the way for each
Muslim to have a self identity based on the so-called "common and
distinctive historical and cultural heritage", which is provided for in
Section 15, Article 10 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=819971
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