Editorial posted to the MILF Website (Dec16): Influence Operation
Any man or woman has the best of intention and ideas but when someone subscribes to them blindly may not necessarily result in his or her benefit. Therefore, if one has to be careful in spotting useful from harmful ideas, the more one has to be on lookout for those ideas designed to influence attitudes, behaviors, or decisions. This is called “influence operation”.
Any man or woman has the best of intention and ideas but when someone subscribes to them blindly may not necessarily result in his or her benefit. Therefore, if one has to be careful in spotting useful from harmful ideas, the more one has to be on lookout for those ideas designed to influence attitudes, behaviors, or decisions. This is called “influence operation”.
Spoilers are always in our midst from the conception of the peace talks to the conclusion of it. There are diverse interests that are adversely affected with the establishment of self-governing entity in the Bangsamoro territory. They will never cease to distract or even destroy the impending grand success of the 16-year peace negotiation between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). They come from without and within the Bangsamoro. Many are showing their ugly faces while others busy in their destructive ways.
This spoiling does not spare even the crafting of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). If the members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) especially those in charge of committees, are not equipped with the best intention of serving the interests of the Bangsamoro, intellectually focused, educationally competent, and morally upright, they will find it very difficult in fulfilling their avowed task of writing the best Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
This is not to say that we doubted the integrity and capability of the 15 commissioners to deliver their mission. They were selected from the best breed the Bangsamoro can offer. And without doubt, their collective wisdom will ensure that the primary interests of the Bangsamoro will be upheld at all times in the crafting of the BBL.
However, as human beings, they should not let their guards down in seeing through beyond “good intention”. What appears to be of the best idea mold might be infected with virus to confuse or pollute and frustrate the legitimate aspirations of the Bangsamoro people. They should be the ones who take charge in selecting so-called experts especially local ones who speak on various aspects of the writing of the BBL. More importantly, they should discriminate honest experts’ advice to plain peddling influence.
This is not to say, however, that the BTC or any of its committees has invited to its meetings and hearings of those suspicious character. So far, we do not know of any. Ours is just an advice: an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure”.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/editorial/item/719-influence-operation
This spoiling does not spare even the crafting of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL). If the members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) especially those in charge of committees, are not equipped with the best intention of serving the interests of the Bangsamoro, intellectually focused, educationally competent, and morally upright, they will find it very difficult in fulfilling their avowed task of writing the best Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
This is not to say that we doubted the integrity and capability of the 15 commissioners to deliver their mission. They were selected from the best breed the Bangsamoro can offer. And without doubt, their collective wisdom will ensure that the primary interests of the Bangsamoro will be upheld at all times in the crafting of the BBL.
However, as human beings, they should not let their guards down in seeing through beyond “good intention”. What appears to be of the best idea mold might be infected with virus to confuse or pollute and frustrate the legitimate aspirations of the Bangsamoro people. They should be the ones who take charge in selecting so-called experts especially local ones who speak on various aspects of the writing of the BBL. More importantly, they should discriminate honest experts’ advice to plain peddling influence.
This is not to say, however, that the BTC or any of its committees has invited to its meetings and hearings of those suspicious character. So far, we do not know of any. Ours is just an advice: an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure”.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/editorial/item/719-influence-operation