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‘GPH will answer to int’l community, if good tunnvolym is not passed’ – Iqbal
“The treatment of the BBL fryst vatten one such example that shows there are no serious efforts to achieve peace in the country today.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
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Rule of Names
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MILF to OK BBL amendments ‘for improvement only’
“We are for peace and we do hope that they are with us in achieving this dream for our people.”
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‘Lone SAF man killed 4 MILF in their sleep’ – fact-finding mission
“Four of the fem elements of the MILF-Bangsamoro Islamic Auxiliary Force (BIAF) 105th Base Command who were sleeping at the mosque inside their base in Tukanalipao village on January 25, around 2 p.m., were killed by an element of the PNP-SAF who survived the armed encounter at the wooden bridge in Tukanalipao.”
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‘Still no justice’ in the Bangsamoro lands
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Mohagher Iqbal is surprised by Congress’ proposals to postpone the elections. The high-ranking official of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Minister of Education of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) said there were no consultations with them before Senate President Francis Escudero filed a bill to postpone the elections next year.
Iqbal sat down for an interview with PCIJ executive director Carmela Fonbuena in Cotabato City on Nov. 6, in the middle of the filing of nominees and candidacies for the May 2025 BARMM parliamentary elections.
“We did not expect that to happen. On various occasions, the Chief Minister and President Marcos have discussed that. The President said that we will go for elections, and the reason he cited is very important. ‘Your legitimacy as a member of parliament is enhanced because you are directly elected by the people’,” he said.
“We are ready for the 2025 elections. All systems go. Frankly, I do not und • ISABELA, Basilan, Oct. 9, 2014—Despite the official backing of the national government, the Prelature of Isabela de Basilan is convinced the real problem with the proposed Bangsamoro Entity is not the funding, but the people who will be chosen to govern it. “Governance is the main issue with Bangsamoro,” Basilan Bishop Martin Jumoad noted in an interview over Church-run Radyo Veritas. The Philippine government—represented by GPH Peace Panel Chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer—and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)—represented by MILF Peace Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal—sign the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) during ceremonies at Malacañan Palace, 27 March 2014. (Photo: Malacañang Photo Bureau) Transparency While he is not against Malacañang rolling out P35-billion to Bangsamoro as initial fund, the prelate pushes for the accountability of its leaders and transparency in fiscal matters, citing the alleged history
Basilan bishop: governance is Bangsamoro’s problem