Enacting the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) into law even in the
form desired by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will not guarantee
peace in Mindanao , the head of the government
peace panel admitted in an interview with the Philippines News Agency at the
sidelines of a journalism seminar in Anilao, Batangas, on Sunday.
Miriam Coronel-Ferrer said passing the draft BBL into a law
will not totally solve the conflict in Mindanao
as there are still other armed groups that are sowing chaos in the region.
“BBL is not equal to peace, it’s too narrow a view,” she
stressed.
Ferrer said there are still a lot of reforms that must be
introduced and more armed groups that must be dealt with before peace can even
have hope in Mindanao .
But, the government panel head said, enacting the BBL would
at least eliminate the MILF among the government’s concerns in Mindanao , and “it’s a big thing, because you know how
difficult it is if they (armed groups) unite.”
Ferrer also said they are open to discussing the changes in
the draft BBL that the Congress wants to introduce but they are waiting for the
Office of the President to initiate the talk with the legislators.
“Maybe it’s just a matter of explaining the provisions being
objected to by the legislators or changing some of the words in the BBL if they
are causing confusion,” she said.
The chief negotiator also clarified the misconception on the
provisions on the Shari'ah Court
Section 7 of Article X of the BBL states that “The decision
of the Shari’ah Court
Ferrer said it is just similar to the quasi-judicial power
of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) whose decisions are also
final and executory but did not mean that the SC has lost jurisdiction over it.
She said they are doing everything to ensure that the draft
law, once enacted by Congress, will pass the constitutionality test so it can
be smoothly implemented.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=740527
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