From the MILF Website (Dec 16): OIC urges MNLF peace deal integration in Bangsamoro Basic Law
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urges the integration of the gains of 1996 Philippine Government-Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Final Peace Agreement to the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urges the integration of the gains of 1996 Philippine Government-Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Final Peace Agreement to the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
The OIC, which brokered the peace accord between the MNLF and the Philippine government, issued resolution during the 40th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers held in Conakry, Republic of Guinea on December 9-11, 2013 which called upon the OIC Secretary General to exert his efforts to:
• narrow the gap between the positions of the leaderships of the MNLF and the MILF to continue their joint coordination and work to achieve peace and development for the people of Bangsamoro in the framework of Bangsamoro Coordination Forum (BCF) established between the two fronts at the Islamic Conference in Djibouti and calls for holding another meeting to prepare guiding principles for its work
• find common grounds between the Parties to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro and the 1996 Agreement on the implementation of the 1976 Peace Agreement
• develop a mechanism to ensure that the gains of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement on the implementation of the 1976 Peace Agreement are preserved and the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro and its Annexes are fully implemented with the end goal of integrating the gains achieved in these peace agreements in the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
Representing the Philippine Government to the OIC Meeting were Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Rafael Seguis, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Undersecretary Jose Lorena, Office of the Executive Secretary Undersecretary Nabil Tan, Philippine Ambassador to Nigeria Alex Lamadrid, and Atty. Zoilo A. Velasco of DFA.
MNLF founding chairman Prof. Nur Misuari who has standing warrant of arrest in connection to Zamboanga Siege last September was not around the meeting.
The FAB was signed on October 15, 2012 by the Philippine Government and MILF. It serves as the blueprint for the establishment of the Bangsamoro political entity that will replace the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
President Aquino described the ARMM as a failed experiment.
The Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) was created to draft the BBL. Once ratified by Congress, it will serve as the law for the Bangsamoro Government within the Bangsamoro Territory.
Headed by a Chief Minister, the Bangsamoro will have a ministerial form of government. The Bangsamoro Assembly will be composed by at least 50 members who will represent the Bangsamoro’s constituents political units.
The OIC sits as an observer in the GPH-MILF peace negotiations and facilitates the Tripartite Implementation Review of the 1996 FPA between the government and the MNLF.
The government peace panel said the BBL will serve the interest of the Bangsamoro people in general and it is neither exclusive for the MILF or the MNLF.
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• narrow the gap between the positions of the leaderships of the MNLF and the MILF to continue their joint coordination and work to achieve peace and development for the people of Bangsamoro in the framework of Bangsamoro Coordination Forum (BCF) established between the two fronts at the Islamic Conference in Djibouti and calls for holding another meeting to prepare guiding principles for its work
• find common grounds between the Parties to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro and the 1996 Agreement on the implementation of the 1976 Peace Agreement
• develop a mechanism to ensure that the gains of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement on the implementation of the 1976 Peace Agreement are preserved and the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro and its Annexes are fully implemented with the end goal of integrating the gains achieved in these peace agreements in the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
Representing the Philippine Government to the OIC Meeting were Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Rafael Seguis, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Undersecretary Jose Lorena, Office of the Executive Secretary Undersecretary Nabil Tan, Philippine Ambassador to Nigeria Alex Lamadrid, and Atty. Zoilo A. Velasco of DFA.
MNLF founding chairman Prof. Nur Misuari who has standing warrant of arrest in connection to Zamboanga Siege last September was not around the meeting.
The FAB was signed on October 15, 2012 by the Philippine Government and MILF. It serves as the blueprint for the establishment of the Bangsamoro political entity that will replace the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
President Aquino described the ARMM as a failed experiment.
The Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) was created to draft the BBL. Once ratified by Congress, it will serve as the law for the Bangsamoro Government within the Bangsamoro Territory.
Headed by a Chief Minister, the Bangsamoro will have a ministerial form of government. The Bangsamoro Assembly will be composed by at least 50 members who will represent the Bangsamoro’s constituents political units.
The OIC sits as an observer in the GPH-MILF peace negotiations and facilitates the Tripartite Implementation Review of the 1996 FPA between the government and the MNLF.
The government peace panel said the BBL will serve the interest of the Bangsamoro people in general and it is neither exclusive for the MILF or the MNLF.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/718-oic-urges-mnlf-peace-deal-integration-in-bangsamoro-basic-law