Government
of the Philippines (GPH)
chief negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer renewed her appeal to the lawmakers to
work towards the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the measure deemed
to end the decades of conflict in Southern Philippines .
In
the online news dated November 2 posted at the website of the Office of the
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), Ferrer said,
""Prior to recess, our Congress has been plagued by a lack of quorum
and absenteeism. I call on our lawmakers, under the leadership of House Speaker
Feliciano Belmonte and Senate President Franklin Drilon, to collectively work
together in passing this landmark legislation."
"Passing
the basic law that will establish the Bangsamoro region this Congress will
allow the next president of the Republic and the next Congress to focus on
other measures and bills. Let us act with wisdom and with full appreciation of
the pressing and immediate need to correct this historical disunity," she
urged.
Last month,
President Benigno Simeon Aquino III highlighted the passage of the BBL as his
top legislative priority in his last face-to-face guesting with the Foreign
Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP).
Ferrer
added, ""I reiterate the appeal of the GPH negotiating panel, of the
Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), and the rest
of the proponents of the Bangsamoro peace process to our lawmakers to be
present in the remaining sessions of Congress and finish what they've
began."
The
original draft of the BBL was forwarded to both Houses of Congress last year.
Thereafter, both Chambers conducted separate public hearings which culminated
in the endorsement of substitute bills known as the Basic Law for the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Regions (BLBAR).
The substitute
bills are being tackled in the plenary and not the original draft. The MILF
said it will not accept a diluted BBL for it will not serve its purpose of
addressing the decades of neglect, injustice and problems of the Bangsamoro
people.
Various
stakeholders have joined the call to Congress to pass a Bangsamoro law
consistent with the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, a peace truce
signed by the GPH and Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2014.
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