Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Teresita
Quintos Deles has lauded the Transitional Justice and Reconciliation Commission
(TJRC) for coming up with a report that ensures inclusivity, which is at the
heart and core of the Bangsamoro peace process.
The TJRC publicly launched its report on how to heal the
wounds of war and address the legitimate grievances of the Bangsamoro in two
consecutive events held in Cotabato City on March 15 and another in Makati City
“We know you consulted more than 3,000 individuals spanning
210 Muslim, Lumad, and Christian communities in Mindanao and the Sulu
archipelago, and we are truly grateful for every step you took in coming up
with this report,” said Deles in her message during the Cotabato City public
launch she attended.
"We know that the process could not always have been
easy and, particularly for the community facilitators who worked with you,
there are new pains and trauma that also need healing. The process you chose to
undertake is truly a hallmark of the inclusiveness the Bangsamoro peace process
has always striven to embody, and we have no doubt it will make large strides
towards bridging the divides between our peoples and healing the wounds left by
war," she added.
Deles also underlined the importance of the TJRC report and
recommendation to pave the way for healing and reconciliation.
Aside from the legislative track involving the proposed
Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro
(CAB) between the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) also outlines socio-economic interventions and normalization
programs to which the search for transitional justice and reconciliation is
included.
As stipulated in the CAB, the TJRC is mandated to undertake
a study and to make recommendations with a view to promote healing and
reconciliation among the communities affected by the decades-old conflict in Mindanao especially in the Bangsamoro region.
Its mandates include the following efforts: to address
legitimate grievances of the Bangsamoro People; to correct historical
injustices; to address human rights violations; to address marginalization
through land dispossession.
TJRC Chairperson Mô Bleeker noted the conceptual approach of
the TJRC that combines a conflict transformation approach and the rights of
victims and duties of states to truth, justice, reparation, and guarantee of
non-recurrence.
“This approach offers a combination of efforts that are
mutually reinforcing and can contribute to long stranding process of change
towards peace, Rule of Law, and towards a society that manages diversity
constructively and is in condition to prevent the commission of atrocities,”
said Bleeker.
Bleeker reiterated the importance of an independent body, as
prerequisite to achieve results that answer the needs of victims and contribute
to prevent the recurrence of the conflict.
The OPAPP chief concurred with Bleeker's statements and
added that transitional justice was necessary to achieve genuine peace.
“Without justice and reconciliation, there can be no true
peace. Without justice and reconciliation, the most we can hope for is nothing
but a prolonged ceasefire, where the wounds of war never heal the deep divides
it worsens will never be bridged,” said Deles.
The event was witnessed by more than 200 individuals,
organizations, and representatives from local, regional, national, and
international entities.
Chief negotiators for the GPH and the MILF -– Professor
Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and Mohagher Iqbal -– were also present during the launch.
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