Duterte signs order implementing programs ‘normalizing’ way of life in Bangsamoro
Credit to Author: CATHERINE S. VALENTE, TMT| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 04:58:29 +0000
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the implementation of the normalization program under the Bangsamoro peace agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), including the decommissioning of its forces and weapons.
Duterte signed on April 24 Executive Order (EO) 79 implementing the Annex on Normalization under the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro, which “provides for a process to ensure human security in the Bangsamoro and enable the communities to achieve their desired quality of life through the pursuit of sustainable livelihood and political participation within a peaceful and deliberative society.”
The President said the process outlined in the Annex of Normalization was “parallel and complementary” to the provisions of Republic Act (RA) 11054 or the Organic Law for Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), which was signed into law on July 27 and ratified through plebiscites held on January 21 and February 6.
“There is a need to fully implement the various components of the normalization process and capitalize on existing mechanisms and framework under the Annex on Normalization, based on the principle of coordination between the GPH (government) and the MILF, and consistent with RA 11054,” Duterte said.
Under EO 70, the government adopts a Normalization Program that is “multi-faceted and covers the aspects of security, socio-economic development, sustainable livelihood, political participation, confidence-building, and transitional justice and reconciliation.”
An inter-Cabinet Cluster Mechanism on Normalization was established to ensure the timely, appropriate and efficient delivery of the Normalization Program.
The cluster will be composed of representatives from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, with a rank not lower than an undersecretary, as co-chairpersons.
The normalization program will be implemented for the combatant and non-combatant elements of the MILF, the families of the decommissioned combatants, and other vulnerable individuals and sectors residing the BARMM.
The programs will cover the six recognized MILF camps, particularly Camp Bilal in Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur, Camp Omar ibn al-Khatab in Maguindanao, Camp Rajamuda in North Cotabato and Maguindanao, Camp Busrah Somiorang in Lanao del Sure, Camp Badre in Maguindanao, and Camp Abubakar as-Siddique in Maguindanao, and such other locations of decommissioned combatants, as may be identified by the government and the MILF implementing panels.
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