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The ratification of Republic Act (RA) No. 11054, otherwise known as the “Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao” (OLBARMM) or simply the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) in the 21 January and 6 February 2019 plebiscites signifies the cessation of armed conflict between (...)
Result raises hopes of an end to decades of violence including attacks by Isis-inspired groups
People in the Muslim-majority southern Philippines have voted by a landslide to create a new autonomous region covering five provinces and three cities, a result the government hopes will bring peace (...)
STATEMENT OF THE REBOLUSYONARYONG PARTIDO NG MANGGAGAWA – MINDANAO (RPM-M) ON THE JANUARY 21 AND FEBRUARY 6 BANGSAMORO PLEBISCITES
January 1, 2019 In the next few days, two (2) sets of plebiscites will be held regarding the newly signed Bangsamoro Organic Law or BOL. Two sets of questions (...)
Last Wednesday (may 20, 2015), the 75-member Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law of the House of Representatives had approved the draft law for the House Bill 4994. The proposed bill has been renamed as Basic Law of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region or BLBAR. It had undergone three (...)
With calls mounting for a revision of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) also called for amending the draft so that workers rights are better protected. “Along with our support for peace rather than war in Mindanao, we demand that the rights of (...)
Having followed as closely as possible, even from a distance, the Mindanao peace process for more than 20 years since 1993, mainly as a civil society peace advocate and occasionally as a peace researcher and consultant, one can perhaps be forgiven for giving occasional unsolicited analysis and (...)
MPPM POSITION PAPER DELIVERED DURING THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON BANGSAMORO BASIC BILL OF THE AD HOC BBL COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER 29, 2014
Honorable Congressmen and Congresswomen, esteemed guests, good afternoon.
It is our honor to be invited as one of the resource speakers of this Committee’s (...)
AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES (GPH) AND THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT (MILF) PEACE PROCESS
The Peace Process in Brief
Exactly a year ago today (July 13, 2013), the GPH and the MILF peace panels had concluded the 30th exploratory talks in Kuala (...)
An Overview
When the election in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was postponed from August 10, 2011 to May 13, 2013, the main reason given by the ruling coalition led by President Noynoy Aquino (PNoy) was to cleanse the electoral system of the region. Such move was to lay down (...)
By declaring he will not push for the amendment of the Constitution, President Aquino has in effect junked the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement his representative Mario Victor Leonen signed with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in October 2012. That pact was hyped as the roadmap for peace in (...)
The Mindanao Peoples’ Peace Movement (MPPM) would like to reiterate our felicitations to both the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for reaching the landmark Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro (FAB). Reaching this stage of the peace negotiations has (...)
Historical context
The formal signing of the Final Peace Agreement (FPA) between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in September 2, 1996 had bought in so much joy, optimism and new hope to so many people. It had shown a picture of reaching (...)
OFFICIAL STATEMENT October 25, 2012
The Mindanao Peoples’ Peace Movement (MPPM) Inc. joins the public in rejoicing the historic signing of Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro on October 15, 2012 in Malacanang Palace by the Government of the Philippines (GPH) Panel Chairman, Atty. Marvic M.V.F. (...)
“If such a law [the Bangsamoro Basic Law] can be accommodated within the existing framework of the Constitution, then that would greatly simplify matters. But if it will entail amending the Constitution, as it most likely will, we hope the nation will calmly consider the possibility and not (...)
Long before the signing of the peace framework between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front there were already voices and actions asserting the right to participate in the discourse and to be considered in the peace process by the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) or (...)
Introduction
Mixed feelings and reactions of peoples in Mindanao and elsewhere have been observed after the October 15, 2012 signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Obviously, some (...)
GPH-MILF FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT: A MEETING OF SIMILAR MINDSETS AND COMMON INTERESTS
The 32nd round of the Exploratory Talks between the Negotiating Panels of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) finally reached a “Framework Agreement on the (...)
Official Statement of the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa – Mindanao (RPM-M) on the Peace Framework Signing between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) 15 October 2012.
The Revolutionary Workers Party – Mindanao (RPM-M) would like to (...)
INTRODUCTION
In the neo-liberal stage of global capital, the internationalization of the dominant mode of production has facilitated the formation of one global market and establish an interdependence of nations. The financialization of capital and the advent of electronic technology as some (...)
For the “Decision Points” analysed below and related documents, see on ESSF (article 25693), Philippines: documents concerning the GPH-MILF 10-Point “Decision Points on Principles”. 1. GPH Peace Panel Chair Dean Marvic Leonen’s Statement of 24 April 2012 on the “GPH-MILF Decision Points on (...)
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