Many Filipinos believe that the next President of the
Philippines should implement the provisions of the Comprehensive Agreement on
the Bangsamoro (CAB) – a landmark peace deal between the Philippine government
and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) following more than 17 years of
peace negotiations and decades of armed conflict, according to the latest
survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
The survey of SWS shows that there are more Filipinos, (45
percent) who agree that the next president should implement the provisions of
the CAB, compared to only 23 percent who disagreed. On the other hand, 31
percent were still undecided on the issue.
The result further showed that the highest number of those
who wanted the next President to implement the CAB was registered in the
National Capital Region or Metro Manila, with majority or 51 percent of the
respondents agreeing. This was followed by 48 percent in Mindanao, 47 percent
in the rest of Luzon , and 36 percent in the
Visayas.
The survey was conducted by the SWS from March 30 to April 2
among 1,500 respondents nationwide with ± 3 percent error margin. It was
commissioned by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process,
which oversees the peace process of the government.
“The survey proves that the most Filipinos want to sustain
the gains achieved by President Benigno S. Aquino III and his administration in
resolving the Bangsamoro issue,” Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles said.
She said this should be a strong incentive for the incoming
President to sustain the gains in the Bangsamoro peace process and continue the
implementation of the provisions agreed upon by the government and the MILF
under the CAB, including the passage into law of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)
that would replace the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao with the
Bangsamoro autonomous region.
“Strong foundations have been laid down by this
administration to find lasting political solutions to the decades-old armed
conflict in Mindanao . Now, the challenge is
for the incoming administration to uphold and implement those agreements,” she
added.
The peace adviser also said that “most Filipinos share the
belief that peace could be achieved with the full implementation of the CAB.
The next President has to abide with this sentiment for peace in the Bangsamoro
and the entire Philippines
The Philippines
Both chambers of the current 16th Congress failed to pass
the BBL, stalling the implementation of the political component of the CAB.
Other aspects of the CAB, however, such as the normalization component, and the
ceasefire agreements are being implemented.
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