Saturday, March 12, 2016

MILF: BLMI, peace advocates and community leaders hold forum in Zamboanga City

Posted to the MILF Website (Mar 12): BLMI, peace advocates and community leaders hold forum in Zamboanga City



The Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI) in partnership with Moro Community Leaders and peace advocates conducted a Peace Forum on March 10. 2016 at Barangay Tulungatung,  Zamboanga City. The Moro community leaders came from six adjacent barangays in west coastal area of the city.

Organizers aimed to intensify engagement in communities by providing right information and clarifying vital issues in a bid to sustain the gains of Peace process fostered by Philippine Government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) after a 17-year of protracted and painstaking negotiations.
 
The undertaking dubbed as “Frustration Management” for it involves psychological approaches in appeasing people’s bursting emotions and sentiments after the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) ended up in dismal failure in the hands of 16th Congress.
 
The program was part of BLMI propitiatory approach which the institute has embark on since February this year to mitigate people’s frustrations brought by non-passage of BBL.

In his message, Tirso Tahir, BLMI Officer and resource person appealed to the Moro leaders and peace advocates to hold on to the gains of the peace process and to continue their efforts in peace-building.
 
“The non-passage of BBL is not the end of our hope, the FAB and CAB are still in effect and cannot be simply set aside,” Tahir stressed.

In an open forum, the participants expressed different prospects and possible scenarios on what could happen in next administration in regards to the peace process, but were collectively hoping that whoever wins in the upcoming presidential race will honor the signed political agreement- the CAB for that is the reflection of the Bangsamoro undying aspiration of their legitimate assertion to right to self-determination.

BLMI and partners are exerting efforts unceasingly by initiating viable programs and activities on the ground to sustain the gains of the peace process by reaching out to all stakeholders in different areas in Mindanao.

http://www.luwaran.com/home/index.php/news/73-westhern-mindanao/619-blmi-peace-advocates-and-community-leaders-hold-forum-in-zamboanga-city

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