PH gov’t, MNLF agree on Ministerial-level Tripartite meeting in Jeddah

From the Philippine Information Agency (Sep 14): PH gov’t, MNLF agree on Ministerial-level Tripartite meeting in Jeddah

The two-day Preparatory Meeting to the Tripartite Review Process (TRP) on the implementation of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement between the Philippine Government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) ended Tuesday night with a consensus to revisit agreements on the Bangsamoro Development Assistance Fund (BDAF), the Tripartite Implementation and Monitoring Committee (TIMC), and the co-management of strategic minerals to be submitted to the Ministerial-level meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
 
Both panels also agreed to follow-up the Terms of Reference of BDAF with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), committed “to coordinate with each other to fast track its review.”

The two Panels also asked the OIC for its “sound discretion to determine its representation” in the TIMC.

With regard to the co-management of strategic minerals, the government and the MNLF “committed to work with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on the current status of the implementation of the agreement and submit recommendations to strengthen it.”

They also agreed to look into the provisions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) relevant to co-management.

During the two-day conference, the two parties presented their individual views regarding the convergence of all previous peace accords and expansion of areas covered by the autonomous region.

However, the government panel in its position, emphasized to the MNLF that all gains of the 1976 and 1996 peace agreements and Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, are preserved under the convergence of all peace pacts through the proposed new autonomy law which is the BBL.

The exact date of the Ministerial-level Tripartite Meeting is yet to be determined but will take place at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (OPAPP)

http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/3001442145915/ph-gov-t-mnlf-agree-on-ministerial-level-tripartite-meeting-in-jeddah-