April 1-7, 2014:: Many of the fears related to the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) are borne out of misunderstanding of – refusing to understand – the content and real intent of the document.
For instance, the fear for one village in Sarangani, using the principle of contiguity, to become part of the future Bangsamoro political entity is truly a distortion of facts. No way will faraway place or unit of government that are detached by land from the Bangsamoro can ever become part of it.
The dictionary defines “contiguity” as 1) adjoining: sharing a boundary or touching each other physically or 2) neighboring: situated next to something else or to each other.
There are two categories of “contiguous” areas provided in the CAB. First is one which is directly adjoining the core territory of the Bangsamoro, and second, that as a result of the joining of the first category to the Bangsamoro, upon the petition of at least 10 percent of the residents and approved by a majority of the qualified voters in a plebiscite, and directly touching it, can, using the same formula, also decide to be part of the Bangsamoro territory. For the first category, it has to petition for inclusion immediately, while the second can opt to join anytime in the future.
The other important prerequisite is that the populations asking for inclusion using the principle of contiguity have to be Bangsamoro; meaning, Moros and indigenous peoples. Without saying, therefore, migrants or settlers are not imagined to avail of this prerogative.
The easiest way to be unfriendly to the peace process is to interpret the CAB in one’s way of understanding. Text of document can have two senses, the letter and spirit or intention. Nuances also abound in it. A word or phrase has subtle shades of meaning, so that only those who are involved in the crafting of the document are in a better position to explain the content.
Many a critic of the CAB expressed outright negative comment against it, because his or her “unconscious mind” directs him or her to do so, because in the past she or he was used to oppose whatever is good for the Bangsamoro. It is very hard to part with a habit, especially those who believe in the inferiority of the Bangsamoro.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/editorial/item/957-fear-without-understanding
The dictionary defines “contiguity” as 1) adjoining: sharing a boundary or touching each other physically or 2) neighboring: situated next to something else or to each other.
There are two categories of “contiguous” areas provided in the CAB. First is one which is directly adjoining the core territory of the Bangsamoro, and second, that as a result of the joining of the first category to the Bangsamoro, upon the petition of at least 10 percent of the residents and approved by a majority of the qualified voters in a plebiscite, and directly touching it, can, using the same formula, also decide to be part of the Bangsamoro territory. For the first category, it has to petition for inclusion immediately, while the second can opt to join anytime in the future.
The other important prerequisite is that the populations asking for inclusion using the principle of contiguity have to be Bangsamoro; meaning, Moros and indigenous peoples. Without saying, therefore, migrants or settlers are not imagined to avail of this prerogative.
The easiest way to be unfriendly to the peace process is to interpret the CAB in one’s way of understanding. Text of document can have two senses, the letter and spirit or intention. Nuances also abound in it. A word or phrase has subtle shades of meaning, so that only those who are involved in the crafting of the document are in a better position to explain the content.
Many a critic of the CAB expressed outright negative comment against it, because his or her “unconscious mind” directs him or her to do so, because in the past she or he was used to oppose whatever is good for the Bangsamoro. It is very hard to part with a habit, especially those who believe in the inferiority of the Bangsamoro.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/editorial/item/957-fear-without-understanding
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