Saddened
with the non-passage the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) when Congress ended
its last day of session for this year on Wednesday, Members of the Maguindanaon
royal house in Southern Mindanao urge the lawmakers to continue working for the
the enactment of the proposed legislation saying it will “demonstrate the
government’s sincerity on its commitment to the peace agreement.”
“BBL should
be passed for it will show the sincerity of the government to the peace
process,” Datu Jahal Adat, Datu Kastiri sa Sugoda Buayan, said in an interview.
He said the
measure will help a lot in the economic development of the Bangsamoro
people.
“Mindanao island is rich in terms of natural resources,”
Adat said citing the need to establish peace in the region first for the investors
to come in.
“Dapat
ibigay na ng gobyerno ang BBL (the government should give the BBL) to show its
sincerity to the peace talks and to the Bangsamoro people,” said Datu Imam
Jimmy Ubpon.
He said
with passage of the measure is a good starting point for the Bangsamoro people
to develop their communities.
The
religious leader believes that with Shari’ah law integrated in the BBL,
domestic problems among the Bangsamoro people will be solved.
He stressed
that the BBL will help strengthen peace and order for “it will give power for
us Muslims to discipline our own people.”
“We are
finding solution to Bangsamoro problem and this BBL should be given to help
resolve the issues in Mindanao ,” said Dr.
Janena Tito, Bae a Labi sa Sugoda Buayan.
Tito, an
educator and former Education Secretary of the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM), said the measure is needed “because this is the struggle of
the Bangsamoro people, to have a government of their own.”
“How can we
prove our worth if they won’t try us,” she asked the government.
Tito is
certain that with the Bangsamoro government in place with its people united,
“peace and development which everybody desire shall be realized.”
“There is
no perfect law, but there is nothing wrong if we give it a try,” Datu Al-Nezzar
B. Ali, a renowned Moro visual artist opined.
“It might
give us a better result,” he said considering the there are lots of educated
Bangsamoro people to run its own government with the support of majority who
have been yearning for better life.
Ali said
the displacement of people because of war should only be a story of the past
and the Bangsamoro people should start to move on with the support of the
national government.
“Yes for
BBL,” Bae Janisah Mending, an active young Moro professional exclaimed.
“We deserve
equitable access to resources and opportunity,” she explained.
“I am
calling all the Bangsamoro people to pray, unite and rally behind the passage
of the BBL,” Datu Jahal Adat said.
He added,
“This law will give opportunity to develop, not only Mindanao
but the whole country in general.”
The members
of the royal house of Sugoda Buayan joined in a cultural mapping initiated by
the University of the Philippines
on Thursday at Sydney Hotel in General Santos
The BBL is
the product of the peace deal between the government and the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front that will provide the establishment of an autonomous political
entity for the Bangsamoro people.
The
measure, which was drafted by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, is hoped to
usher peace and development in the Mindanao .
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