MILF: OIC delegation to update Peace Committee for the Southern Philippines on dev’t of Bangsamoro peace process

Posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Oct 11): OIC delegation to update Peace Committee for the Southern Philippines on dev’t of Bangsamoro peace process



Following its four-day official visit to the country, the delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will present a report on the latest development on the Bangsamoro peace process to the OIC-Peace Committee for the Southern Philippines, an article from the OIC website revealed.

According to the news item “A report will be presented to the Peace Committee for the Southern Philippines (PCSP) with a view to finalizing the OIC Resolutions at the 43rd Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting due to take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 18-19 October 2016.”

During the visit, the OIC delegation led by Special Envoy Ambassador Sayed Kassem Elmasry, accompanied by representatives of the Department of Muslim Minorities and Communities, was briefed by Secretary Jesus Dureza, Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process, on the plans of the Duterte Administration to resolve the issue on the Bangsamoro.

Dureza bared the government’s plan, a legislative tract wherein an enabling law will be passed that will create a more meaningful Bangsamoro autonomous political entity and federalism tract where a federal state for the Bangsamoro shall be established.

Dureza further disclosed that the proposed enabling law will be crafted by the expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) whose new membership will include sultanates, Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and Indigenous Peoples. The BTC membership will expand from 15 to 21.
“Mr. Dureza emphasised the importance of the continued role of the OIC as an important partner in the peace process and he commended the achievements of the OIC, in particular, the creation of the Bangsamoro Coordination Forum (BCF),” the article said.

According to the article, the OIC delegation held separate talks with the Moro fronts, namely the MNLF and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to ascertain their views on the peace process.
The OIC has facilitated the creation of the Bangsamoro Coordination Forum (BCF) which serves as an avenue for the Bangsamoro fronts to strengthen and consolidate their cooperation and unity as both undertake a diplomatic solution to address the Bangsamoro struggle for self-determination.

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