As part of preparation for the re-activation of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), eleven (11) BTC members nominated by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) underwent Training on Basic Parliamentary Procedures at the Royal Mandaya Hotel at Davao City on January 18-19, 2017.
It was reported recently that the appointments of 21 BTC members were already signed by President Rodrigo Duterte.
The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), a peace deal signed by the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and MILF in 2014, provides the creation of the BTC that will be tasked to draft a proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to be submitted to Philippine Congress for enactment.
Under the Aquino Administration, the BTC did its job drafting the BBL and submitted to the Philippine Congress through Malacanang. However, the 16th Congress ended last year without passing the BBL.
President Duterte has committed to implement the peace agreements signed by the government with the Moro revolutionary groups.
In a bid to incorporate the GRP-MNLF Final Peace Agreement, the Duterte Administration increased the membership of BTC from 15 to 21 to include representatives from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Indigenous Peoples.
The expanded BTC will draft an Enabling Law to be submitted to Congress. Once passed and ratified through a plebiscite, the Bangsamoro law will pave the way for the establishment of an autonomous Bangsamoro political entity with more political and fiscal powers.
The MILF leadership and peace advocates are hopeful that the lawmakers will pass an enabling law that adheres to the CAB.
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