From the MILF Website (Dec 8): MILF, gov’t sign Annex on Power-sharing
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The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine government signed today the Annex on Power-sharing at the Palace of the Golden Horses in Selangor, Malaysia, after a year and-a-half year of hard bargaining.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine government signed today the Annex on Power-sharing at the Palace of the Golden Horses in Selangor, Malaysia, after a year and-a-half year of hard bargaining.
The 12-page agreement has been viewed as the heart of the negotiation of four annexes on the 2012 Framework agreement on the Bangsamoro, which included transitional arrangement and modalities, wealth sharing and revenue generation agreements, and normalization. Only the latter remained to be discussed by the parties.
Mohagher Iqbal, chair of the MILF negotiating panel, said the Annex on Power Sharing of the FAB defines in details the power relations between the Central Government and the Bangsamoro Government, which delineates the reserved, exclusive and concurrent powers and intergovernmental relations of both existing governments.
“With the signing of the power sharing accord,” Iqbal said it has encouraged both Parties to conclude the annex on normalization for the comprehensive peace agreement in order to put a closure to the four (4) decades Mindanao conflict and age- old Bangsamoro question.
The peace process which began since 1997 has established several mechanisms on cessation of hostilities that included the Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team (IMT and its various components to support the Parties in managing the conflict while the peace talks are on going to enable them to focus on finding a political solution to the conflict in Mindanao.
The Parties committed to give peace a chance with the signing of the agreement and to continue to campaign for peace and engage all stakeholders in a consultation in support of the peace process.
Both Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, chair of the government peace panel, and chair Iqbal, have expressed their thanks to the Malaysian facilitator and government and all those involved in the peace negotiation for their unstinted support, especially members of the International Contact Group (ICG).
The Parties commit to resume the peace negotiation early January 2013 to finish the annexes of the FAB in order to complete the comprehensive peace agreement for a just and lasting peace.
The Mindanao conflict has claimed the lives of about 15,000 and a million of people displaced during the height of the armed conflict between the armed forces of the government and the freedom fighters of the Bangsamoro people since 1970.
The signing was witnessed by three government officials namely Secretary Teresita “Ging” Deles, Secretary Edwin Lacierda, and Assistant Secretary Danilo Francia. Several members of the MILF Central Committee also witnessed the signing.
Regional Governor Mujib Hataman also came to Kuala Lumpur alongside Deles but to observe the peace talks but had to leave this morning for Manila for an important prior commitment.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/703-milf-gov’t-sign-annex-on-power-sharing
Mohagher Iqbal, chair of the MILF negotiating panel, said the Annex on Power Sharing of the FAB defines in details the power relations between the Central Government and the Bangsamoro Government, which delineates the reserved, exclusive and concurrent powers and intergovernmental relations of both existing governments.
“With the signing of the power sharing accord,” Iqbal said it has encouraged both Parties to conclude the annex on normalization for the comprehensive peace agreement in order to put a closure to the four (4) decades Mindanao conflict and age- old Bangsamoro question.
The peace process which began since 1997 has established several mechanisms on cessation of hostilities that included the Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team (IMT and its various components to support the Parties in managing the conflict while the peace talks are on going to enable them to focus on finding a political solution to the conflict in Mindanao.
The Parties committed to give peace a chance with the signing of the agreement and to continue to campaign for peace and engage all stakeholders in a consultation in support of the peace process.
Both Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, chair of the government peace panel, and chair Iqbal, have expressed their thanks to the Malaysian facilitator and government and all those involved in the peace negotiation for their unstinted support, especially members of the International Contact Group (ICG).
The Parties commit to resume the peace negotiation early January 2013 to finish the annexes of the FAB in order to complete the comprehensive peace agreement for a just and lasting peace.
The Mindanao conflict has claimed the lives of about 15,000 and a million of people displaced during the height of the armed conflict between the armed forces of the government and the freedom fighters of the Bangsamoro people since 1970.
The signing was witnessed by three government officials namely Secretary Teresita “Ging” Deles, Secretary Edwin Lacierda, and Assistant Secretary Danilo Francia. Several members of the MILF Central Committee also witnessed the signing.
Regional Governor Mujib Hataman also came to Kuala Lumpur alongside Deles but to observe the peace talks but had to leave this morning for Manila for an important prior commitment.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/703-milf-gov’t-sign-annex-on-power-sharing