The Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) finally reached an agreement on the Annex on Wealth-Sharing at around 10:40 p.m. Saturday in Kuala Lumpur and signed the document at midnight, Mindanews reported on July 14, 2013.
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles told MindaNews at 11:03 p.m. that the panels were just “cleaning up text of the annex for signing.” “It was signed at midnight,” MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal told MindaNews in a text message.
The wealth-sharing annex, considered one of the most contentious annexes was signed at 12:07 a.m. Sunday, July 14, the report said. Deles told Mindanews that “perseverance” led to the breakthrough.
The breakthrough was reached after six days of negotiations that started on July 8, including a two-day extension. As of 8:30 p.m., Iqbal had told MindaNews that there were still “four to five major issues” that had to be resolved and that the government peace panel was awaiting the response of President Aquino. The Annexes on Power-Sharing and Normalization are still on the line and subject to rounds of rigid negotiation.
The four annexes, Arrangement and Modalities, Wealth-sharing, Power Sharing and Normalization to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) will complete the comprehensive peace agreement. The Annex on Arrangement and Modalities was signed in February.
Mindanews in its succeeding report said that the mood may not have been as euphoric as it was in early October when the final text of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) was agreed upon but the final crafting and signing of the Annex on Wealth-Sharing between the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on July 13, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur is still historic: it was forged five days short of the 16th anniversary of the signing of the June 18, 1997 ceasefire declaration between the GPH and MILF; it was the longest ever negotiation in the 16-year talks; and it happened on the 10th death anniversary of the MILF’s founder and first chair, Ameerul Mujahideen Salamat Hashim.
The six-paragraph Joint Statement and the eight-page Annex on Wealth-Sharing were actually signed in the early hours of July 14, at around 12:07 a.m but the Wealth-Sharing deal was sealed at around 10:40 p.m, the report said. The percentage of sharing between the two parties was not mentioned in the report or in the joint statement.
The FAB provides for the creation of a new autonomous political entity called Bangsamoro Region which will replace ARMM described by President Bengino “Noynoy” C. Aquino as a “failed experiment”.
Last week’s round of negotiations was the longest in the 16-year talks, a day longer than the final round of talks that led to the signing of the FAB, even as both rounds took six days, the report said.
The President sent Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles and Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Deles stayed on until the midnight signing.
Asked what led to the breakthrough, GPH peace panel chair Ferrer told MindaNews in a text message, “everything.”
MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal told MindaNews in a text message: “I am pleased but right now I still see the bumpy road ahead. There are still many challenges ahead.”
The Joint Statement was silent on the next round of talks but MindaNews sources from both panels said they will resume talks on the remaining Annexes on Power-Sharing and Normalization, after the Ramadhan.
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The wealth-sharing annex, considered one of the most contentious annexes was signed at 12:07 a.m. Sunday, July 14, the report said. Deles told Mindanews that “perseverance” led to the breakthrough.
The breakthrough was reached after six days of negotiations that started on July 8, including a two-day extension. As of 8:30 p.m., Iqbal had told MindaNews that there were still “four to five major issues” that had to be resolved and that the government peace panel was awaiting the response of President Aquino. The Annexes on Power-Sharing and Normalization are still on the line and subject to rounds of rigid negotiation.
The four annexes, Arrangement and Modalities, Wealth-sharing, Power Sharing and Normalization to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) will complete the comprehensive peace agreement. The Annex on Arrangement and Modalities was signed in February.
Mindanews in its succeeding report said that the mood may not have been as euphoric as it was in early October when the final text of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) was agreed upon but the final crafting and signing of the Annex on Wealth-Sharing between the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on July 13, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur is still historic: it was forged five days short of the 16th anniversary of the signing of the June 18, 1997 ceasefire declaration between the GPH and MILF; it was the longest ever negotiation in the 16-year talks; and it happened on the 10th death anniversary of the MILF’s founder and first chair, Ameerul Mujahideen Salamat Hashim.
The six-paragraph Joint Statement and the eight-page Annex on Wealth-Sharing were actually signed in the early hours of July 14, at around 12:07 a.m but the Wealth-Sharing deal was sealed at around 10:40 p.m, the report said. The percentage of sharing between the two parties was not mentioned in the report or in the joint statement.
The FAB provides for the creation of a new autonomous political entity called Bangsamoro Region which will replace ARMM described by President Bengino “Noynoy” C. Aquino as a “failed experiment”.
Last week’s round of negotiations was the longest in the 16-year talks, a day longer than the final round of talks that led to the signing of the FAB, even as both rounds took six days, the report said.
The President sent Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles and Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Deles stayed on until the midnight signing.
Asked what led to the breakthrough, GPH peace panel chair Ferrer told MindaNews in a text message, “everything.”
MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal told MindaNews in a text message: “I am pleased but right now I still see the bumpy road ahead. There are still many challenges ahead.”
The Joint Statement was silent on the next round of talks but MindaNews sources from both panels said they will resume talks on the remaining Annexes on Power-Sharing and Normalization, after the Ramadhan.
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