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Peace groups hail formation of TransCom for Bangsamoro
By Ryan D. Rosauro
Inquirer Mindanao
8:09 pm | Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Presidential Peace Adviser Teresita Quintos-Deles. AP FILE PHOTO
OZAMIZ CITY, Philippines – Peace advocates lauded the formal
organization of the Transition Commission (TransCom) by President
Benigno Aquino III as the beginning of a new history for Mindanao.
“We applaud both sets of the TransCom members and congratulate
each and every one of them on their selection and endorsement by their
communities, leaders and peers. We know that they each have the support
and backing of the sectors they represent,” the Mindanao Peace Weavers
(MPW), a network of nine major peace groups in the country focused on
the Mindanao peace process, said in a statement.
The peace roadmap for Mindanao is expected to formally take off
as President Aquino has constituted the 15-member TransCom that will
draft a Basic Law to serve as charter of the future Bangsamoro
autonomous political entity.
The appointment of the TransCom members was made on the same day
the peace negotiating panels of the government and the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) kicked off the 36th exploratory meeting in Kuala
Lumpur to hammer out consensus on the remaining key issues relating to a
comprehensive peace agreement.