Some 300 marchers joined a peace rally held at the Capital Town of Bongao in Tawi-Tawi on February 10, 2015 simultaneous with the other rallies by peace advocates in various major cities of Mindanao and towns. All urged congress to proceed with the Peace Process and to expedite the deliberations and passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) which was suspended due to the Mamapasano clash last January 25, 2015.
According to Hajji Mansur B. Sakili, “There was no connection whatsoever of the BBL with the Mamapasano incident that resulted to the death of 44 PNP-SAF membe4rs; and 18 combatants from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)”.
“The passage of BBL bill, a measure certified urgent by President Benigno Aquino III Administration submitted to the House of the Representatives and the Senate on September 10, 2014 has become unclear with the suspension of deliberations by the House Ad Hoc Committee on BBL and the Committee on Local Government in the Senate”, Mr. Sakili clarified.
“Today, people that joined this rally, Muslims or Christians have the same clamor for congress not to derail the peace process, and to enact the BBL in accordance with its timetable or road map agreed upon by the GPH-MILF Peace Panels.
Congressman Tupay Loong of Sulu, in a press statement warned, “The war in Mindanao will continue if BBL is not passed”.
One of the tarpaulins/ placards reads, ‘Delayed BBL is delayed Justice for all’.
One Christian speaker said, “When our leaders in Manila are not keen at seeing a resumption of war in Mindanao, we civilians Muslims or Christians alike, are the one to suffer, not them who are in Manila”. “We want peace not war, anymore”, he concluded.
“The march as well as the rally, though with much lesser participants compared to the May 4, 2014 gathering were peaceful. Many were reluctant to participate due security reason and out of fear from being identified as Bangsamoro”, Sakili further said.
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“The passage of BBL bill, a measure certified urgent by President Benigno Aquino III Administration submitted to the House of the Representatives and the Senate on September 10, 2014 has become unclear with the suspension of deliberations by the House Ad Hoc Committee on BBL and the Committee on Local Government in the Senate”, Mr. Sakili clarified.
“Today, people that joined this rally, Muslims or Christians have the same clamor for congress not to derail the peace process, and to enact the BBL in accordance with its timetable or road map agreed upon by the GPH-MILF Peace Panels.
Congressman Tupay Loong of Sulu, in a press statement warned, “The war in Mindanao will continue if BBL is not passed”.
One of the tarpaulins/ placards reads, ‘Delayed BBL is delayed Justice for all’.
One Christian speaker said, “When our leaders in Manila are not keen at seeing a resumption of war in Mindanao, we civilians Muslims or Christians alike, are the one to suffer, not them who are in Manila”. “We want peace not war, anymore”, he concluded.
“The march as well as the rally, though with much lesser participants compared to the May 4, 2014 gathering were peaceful. Many were reluctant to participate due security reason and out of fear from being identified as Bangsamoro”, Sakili further said.
http://www.luwaran.net/index.php/welcome/item/764-marchers-join-peace-rally-in-bongao
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