Alumni of Hiroshima Peace-Building Human Resources Development Projects for the Bangsamoro in Mindanao shared their studies and project proposals to various sectors and local agencies last Sunday, January 31 at Em Manor Hotel, Sinsuat Avenue in Cotabato City.
The 1st Batch of selected Moro participants at Hiroshima University was held from May 9 to June, 2014 in Hiroshima, Japan.
Aside from sharing of studies and proposals, the whole day program was also aimed at enhancing the capacity and competency of Moro youth as prospective public servants was organized in spite of the non-passage of Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) in congress last January 27.
Among the guests during the program were Muhammad Amin, Chief of the MILF Central Committee Secretariat, Mohagher Iqbal, Chair of MILF Peace Panel & Bangsamoro Transition Commission, BTC Commissioners Ebrahim Ali, Timuay Melanio Ulama, & Talib Benito and Datu Michael Mastura, Senior member of the MILF Peace Panel.
Also in attendance were members of the Board of Directors of the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA), MILF-GPH Coordinating Committee on Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH), Social Works Committee (SWC), Mr. Naoyuki Ochiai, Head and Chief Leader of JICA-Cotabato Project Office, Professors Usamo Yushida, Project Manager, Meg Kagawa, Project Coordinator, Emiko Nakasaka of Graduate School of Social Sciences and Masahiko Togawa of Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation Associate Professor.
In an interview, Iqbal said, “This is a good development because we see that there is a lot of potential Moro youth leaders.”
“We also told JICA to strengthen the capacity training of these trainees so that they can be more effective as public servants of the Bangsamoro government,” Iqbal said.
On his part, professor Yoshida said, “I hope that they can contribute to the future Bangsamoro government. This training will be continued for another 3 years.”
BBL Status
When asked about the status of the passage of BBL, the MILF Chief Negotiator Iqbal admitted that there is no hope for the Aquino administration to pass the BBL.
“We will see what happen next, what matters most is that we did our best.” Iqbal lamented.
In the level of peace panel, Iqbal said that, “The engagement of both parties will continue and tentatively a schedule for a meeting has been set from February 10-11, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to talk what’s the way forward”.
Another batch for those that may qualify for scholarship for 4-week training at Hiroshima University is due to start by July 2016.
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