On Friday,
September 11, Malacañan urged Congress to pass a Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)
that is consistent with the peace agreement signed between the government and
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Deputy
presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said this in reaction to the MILF’s
statement that the decommissioning of arms will not push through if a
watered-down BBL is passed.
The Senate and House of Representatives are still deliberating on their respective versions of the Malacañan-MILF drafted law.
“The relationship between the normalization process and the passage of the BBL is clear in the CAB,” Valte said, referring to the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.
The original draft BBL was crafted by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) that operationalizes the CAB. The CAB is the final peace accord signed between the government and the MILF on March 27, 2014 atMalacañan Palace
“That is why we are working hard on the passage of the BBL that is consistent with the CAB,” Valte said. “We are confident that Congress understands the importance of this.”
The decommissioning of MILF forces and weapons is provided for under the security aspect of the Annex on Normalization.
The security aspect also includes policing, redeployment of the Armed Forces of thePhilippines
Under the peace agreement, there will be four phases of the decommissioning process, the first of which was a ceremonial turnover concluded last June at the administrative base of the MILF at Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao where 145 MILF firearms were turned-over to the International Decommissioning Body (IDB) in the presence of President Benigno Aquino III, cabinet officials; officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP and representatives of international and local non-government organizations.
The Senate and House of Representatives are still deliberating on their respective versions of the Malacañan-MILF drafted law.
“The relationship between the normalization process and the passage of the BBL is clear in the CAB,” Valte said, referring to the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.
The original draft BBL was crafted by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) that operationalizes the CAB. The CAB is the final peace accord signed between the government and the MILF on March 27, 2014 at
“That is why we are working hard on the passage of the BBL that is consistent with the CAB,” Valte said. “We are confident that Congress understands the importance of this.”
The decommissioning of MILF forces and weapons is provided for under the security aspect of the Annex on Normalization.
The security aspect also includes policing, redeployment of the Armed Forces of the
Under the peace agreement, there will be four phases of the decommissioning process, the first of which was a ceremonial turnover concluded last June at the administrative base of the MILF at Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao where 145 MILF firearms were turned-over to the International Decommissioning Body (IDB) in the presence of President Benigno Aquino III, cabinet officials; officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP and representatives of international and local non-government organizations.
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