The Philippine Government on December 24 revealed its plan tofinalise the framework agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) in 2014, whichis seen to help end its four-decade armed conflict with the Moro IslamicLiberation Front (MILF), the largest southern Islamic group.
Anannouncement of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) Peace Panelsaid the agency has set a target of completing the annex onnormalisation as well as an addendum on the Bangsamoro’s waters in theearly next year.
The normalisation annex, which is the fourth and last one of the FAB, will be signed between Manila and the MILF.
This year, the GPH and MILF inked the annexes on transitionalarrangement and modalities (TAM), and wealth-sharing and power-sharing.
According to GPH Peace Panel Chair Miriam CoronelFerrer, in 2014, the GPH will work closely with the TransitionCommission headed by MILF’s chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal to ensurethat the Basic Law on Bangsamoro will be adopted smoothly.
The GPH and MILF signed a historical agreement on establishing theBangsamoro Autonomous Region on October 15, 2012, paving the way for thesetting up of the Bangsamoro region to replace the Mindanao MuslimAutonomous Region in the south in 2016.
The MILFhas conducted anti-government activities since 1970s with the aim offounding its independent government in Mindanao Island and several otherislands in the south.
The front’s attacks overthe last four decades took the lives of at least 120,000 people andforced 2 million others in the south to abandon their homes.-VNA
Anannouncement of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) Peace Panelsaid the agency has set a target of completing the annex onnormalisation as well as an addendum on the Bangsamoro’s waters in theearly next year.
The normalisation annex, which is the fourth and last one of the FAB, will be signed between Manila and the MILF.
This year, the GPH and MILF inked the annexes on transitionalarrangement and modalities (TAM), and wealth-sharing and power-sharing.
According to GPH Peace Panel Chair Miriam CoronelFerrer, in 2014, the GPH will work closely with the TransitionCommission headed by MILF’s chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal to ensurethat the Basic Law on Bangsamoro will be adopted smoothly.
The GPH and MILF signed a historical agreement on establishing theBangsamoro Autonomous Region on October 15, 2012, paving the way for thesetting up of the Bangsamoro region to replace the Mindanao MuslimAutonomous Region in the south in 2016.
The MILFhas conducted anti-government activities since 1970s with the aim offounding its independent government in Mindanao Island and several otherislands in the south.
The front’s attacks overthe last four decades took the lives of at least 120,000 people andforced 2 million others in the south to abandon their homes.-VNA
