One of the six previously identified Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) camps in Mindanao continues its
planned transformation into a productive community as outlined in the
Normalization Annex of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
(OPAPP), together with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and other government
agencies, including the Armed Forces of the Philippines, turned over farming
assistance to beneficiaries in Camp Bilal in Munai, Lanao del Norte earlier
last week.
The aid includes farm tractors, three carabaos and
provisions for agriculture farm inputs totaling 600 bags of corn seedlings and
1,000 pieces of fruit-bearing tree seedlings.
“This is in compliance with the provisions of the CAB,
particularly the Annex on Normalization, as part of the confidence-building
measures that are undertaken through the joint task force for the six
acknowledged MILF camps with the end in view of transforming these areas into
peaceful and productive communities,” said Government of the Philippines (GPH)
Peace Panel Member Senen Bacani.
The six previously acknowledged MILF strongholds included
Camps Abubakar, Omar, Badr, Rajamuda, Bushrah, and Bilal.
"It’s our fervent hope that this assistance with the
Department of Agriculture will help very much in gradually transforming the
communities in the six MILF camps into [the] peaceful and productive
communities we have envisioned in the Comprehensive Agreement on the
Bangsamoro," said Bacani, who is also co-chair of the Joint Task Forces on
Camp Transformation, focused on socioeconomic projects and programs for the
camps and their communities.
“We believe that peace will not be achieved by talking alone
but by action. The Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) may be delayed but we must
continue to push for the economic development of the Bangsamoro communities
because development is a responsibility of every single leader,” he added.
Col. William Alunday, commanding officer of the 2nd
Mechanized Brigade of the Mechanized Infantry Division, Philippine Army, and
Carlota Madriaga, Operations Division Chief of DA Regional Field Office X, were
in attendance during the event and served as coordinators for Camp Bilal
The continuity of the gains of the Bangsamoro peace process
was further cemented through the signing of the Declaration of Continuity of
the Partnership of the GPH and MILF in the Bangsamoro peace process during the
May 29-30 special meeting in Kuala
Lumpur , Malaysia
The Parties likewise signed two documents, the “Terms of
Reference for the Establishment of the Bangsamoro Normalization Trust Fund
(BNTF), a multi-donor trust fund envisioned in the Framework Agreement on the
Bangsamoro (FAB) and the Annex on Normalization” as well as the Terms of Reference
for the Project Board of the Mindanao Trust Fund for the Six Previously
Acknowledged MILF Camps (MTF-RDP Camps Project).
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