In their demonstration of courtesy and brotherhood, the 10th Batch of International Monitoring Team (IMT) Malaysian contingents bade farewell to the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) during an exit meeting held at the BTC office in
The
outgoing IMT Head of Mission, Maj Gen Datu Moksin bin Sheikh Hassan, expressed
thanks for the support of the Bangsamoro people during their yearlong stint as
peace monitors.
BTC
Chairman Mohagher Iqbal, together with his fellow commissioners, thanked the
IMT members for their noble tour of duty in support for peaceful resolution of Mindanao conflict.
Chairman
Iqbal commended the Malaysian Government on how it values its involvement in
the peace process.
He said the
next batch of IMT from Malaysia
"I
feel very honored to be with my Muslim brothers and sisters here," Moksin
said.
"I
have a great pleasure of meeting a number of dedicated stakeholders who give
their selves for the peace process in Mindanao ,"
he expressed.
In
upholding their mandate, the IMT head related they have travelled to many areas
of Mindanao and got involved in conflict
resolutions.
He revealed
there were ups and downs and challenges in their tour of duty - monitoring the
adherence of the government and MILF to the ceasefire agreement.
The Head of
Mission noted the sad fate of the Bangsamoro Basic Law which the Philippine
Congress failed to pass in last month's sessions.
"The
proposed measure may have not been passed because by God's will ‘there may be a
bigger BBL' that will come," he said.
Moksin
asked the BTC family to give the same support bestowed upon the IMT Batch 10 to
the upcoming Malaysian IMT members.
The IMT
chief said prosperity and peace in Mindanao
will be realized when the stakeholders, the Bangsamoro people and international
peace monitors work together. He prayed that the passage of the Bangsamoro law
will be realized.
The BBL is
the legal instrument that will provide the establishment of autonomous
Bangsamoro government with more political and fiscal powers.
BTC
Commissioner Abdulla Camlian thanked the peace monitors for being with the
Bangsamoro people in the peace process giving their time and efforts.
"Thank you for services, you have accompanied us in our time of
needs," he said.
Camlian
said there is uncertainty in the upcoming administration for it is difficult to
tell what its policy is on the peace process.
The
Filipino citizens will elect the next president of the Philippines
Despite the
setback on the peace process, he said that the MILF will pursue the peaceful
resolution to achieve its goal.
The IMT is
one of the structures of the peace process involving the services of foreign
military officers whose main task is to monitor the observance of the two
parties in the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
Peace
monitors from Malaysia , Brunei , Indonesia
and Japan
In 1997,
the Government of the Philippines
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