Posted to the MILF Website (Apr 17): Biwang province holds thanksgiving for CAB signing
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Almost five hundred constituents of Biwang Province gathered for the thanksgiving celebration of the recent signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) with hope that the peace accord will realize their dreamed Bangsamoro government.
Almost five hundred constituents of Biwang Province gathered for the thanksgiving celebration of the recent signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) with hope that the peace accord will realize their dreamed Bangsamoro government.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Government of the Philippines signed the historic agreement in Malacaňang Palace on March 27, 2014.
More than a hundred motorcycles joined the motorcade from Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat to the municipalities of Maitum, Kiamba and Maasim in Sarangani, then back to the assembly area in Barangay Malisbong, Palimbang, where a two-day program was held on April 7 to 8, 2014.
Local leaders spoke expressing their thanks to the leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for their patience for almost two decades of peace negotiation. The CAB was reached which paves way to the establishing the Bangsamoro government once the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will be ratified by Congress.
Members of the Indigenous Peoples also attended in the gathering. Delegates brought their own foods to share for a feast or Kanduli aside from those prepared by the host communities. Moro songs and cultural performances entertained the crowd.
Personalities from the Nonviolent PeaceForce, an international NGO that is also engaged in ceasefire monitoring, were present during the event. Atty. Emmanuel Fontanilla, spokesperson of the Moro National Liberation Front graced the affair.
Kingboy Bayang, MILF Provincial Political Chairman of Biwang Province, recalled the hardship experienced by those who perished and survived the struggle since the Bangsamoro revolution began in 1968.
He attributed the initial “fruit of the struggle” to the Mujaheedins or freedom fighters. The provincial chairman is very much hopeful that the Philippine government will give the aspiration of the Bangsamoro people to run their own government.
The municipality of Palimbang in Sultan Kudarat, Lake Sebu in South Cotabato and Maitum, Kiamba and Maasim in Sarangani comprise Biwang Province under the MILF political set-up.
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The Moro leaders present during the Kanduli urged both Christian Settlers and the Indigenous Peoples to rally behind the quest for the establishment of Bangsamoro government which now lies on the hands of Congressmen and Senators.
On Monday, April 14, the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), submitted the draft BBL to Malacaňang. It will be certified by the President as urgent bill in Congress.
Concurrently chaired by MILF Peace Panel Mohagher Iqbal, the BTC was commissioned to draft the basic law. The body has reached out various stakeholders to draw recommendations and insights for the inclusive crafting of the BBL.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/928-biwang-province-holds-thanksgiving-for-cab-signing
More than a hundred motorcycles joined the motorcade from Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat to the municipalities of Maitum, Kiamba and Maasim in Sarangani, then back to the assembly area in Barangay Malisbong, Palimbang, where a two-day program was held on April 7 to 8, 2014.
Local leaders spoke expressing their thanks to the leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for their patience for almost two decades of peace negotiation. The CAB was reached which paves way to the establishing the Bangsamoro government once the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will be ratified by Congress.
Members of the Indigenous Peoples also attended in the gathering. Delegates brought their own foods to share for a feast or Kanduli aside from those prepared by the host communities. Moro songs and cultural performances entertained the crowd.
Personalities from the Nonviolent PeaceForce, an international NGO that is also engaged in ceasefire monitoring, were present during the event. Atty. Emmanuel Fontanilla, spokesperson of the Moro National Liberation Front graced the affair.
Kingboy Bayang, MILF Provincial Political Chairman of Biwang Province, recalled the hardship experienced by those who perished and survived the struggle since the Bangsamoro revolution began in 1968.
He attributed the initial “fruit of the struggle” to the Mujaheedins or freedom fighters. The provincial chairman is very much hopeful that the Philippine government will give the aspiration of the Bangsamoro people to run their own government.
The municipality of Palimbang in Sultan Kudarat, Lake Sebu in South Cotabato and Maitum, Kiamba and Maasim in Sarangani comprise Biwang Province under the MILF political set-up.
The Moro leaders present during the Kanduli urged both Christian Settlers and the Indigenous Peoples to rally behind the quest for the establishment of Bangsamoro government which now lies on the hands of Congressmen and Senators.
On Monday, April 14, the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), submitted the draft BBL to Malacaňang. It will be certified by the President as urgent bill in Congress.
Concurrently chaired by MILF Peace Panel Mohagher Iqbal, the BTC was commissioned to draft the basic law. The body has reached out various stakeholders to draw recommendations and insights for the inclusive crafting of the BBL.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/928-biwang-province-holds-thanksgiving-for-cab-signing