IP issues and concerns today at BBL talkshop series
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By:
Edwin O. Fernandez
COTABATO CITY – The fourth
of a series of talks and discussions on the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law takes
place today at the Tanghalang Michael Clark of Notre Dame University.
Spearheaded by the
Institute for Autonomy and Governance, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame
Broadcasting Corporation and Konrad Adenaur Stiftung, the talk shop series Understanding
the Bangsamoro Basic Law” for today is focus on Basic Rights and Indigenous
Peoples Matters.”
Program starts at 9 a.m.
and will last until 11 a.m. and will be aired live over Radio Stations DXMS-AM in
Cotabato and DXND-AM in Kidapawan City.
Present to discuss IP
matters are representatives from the government peace panel and the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Listeners can also join
the discussions by sending queries through SMS. Send your questions through
0908-396-7705.Lawyer Benedicto Bacani, IAG executive director,said the organizers have designed programs for the discussion so it can be easily understood even by ordinary folks in the proposed Bangsamoro territory. It should be discussed in the medium ordinary folks understand,” he said. Basically, this Talkshop series is to inform and educate the public about the BBL,” he said, adding that mechanics are being developed where radio listeners could ask and participate through text messages. The Bangsamoro bill includes sections on power-sharing and wealth-sharing arrangements between the national government and the future Bangsamoro government. The CAB and the Bangsamoro bill envision establishing a Bangsamoro region by 2016 that will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), as a political solution to the decades-old efforts to resolve the Bangsamoro aspiration for genuine autonomy. The CAB was signed between the GPH and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on March 27, 2014.