DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/9 Oct) – The Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has expressed support for the Framework Agreement crafted by the peace panels of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

ARMM RLA Speaker Rasol Mitmug Jr.

said in a text message Monday he fully welcomes the Framework Agreement. “As chair of security and public safety, I will exert all efforts to inform and advocate the constituency of ARMM to support the Framework Agreement to make it easy for any transition while reforms are ongoing in ARMM,” he added.

He said the RLA is hopeful that its efforts on the review of Republic Act 9054 (Expanded Organic Act for the ARMM) can be a source of input for details that need further discussions between GPH and MILF.

The RLA will submit to Congress before November 8 the consolidated recommendations from stakeholders in all provinces of the ARMM, Mitmug told MindaNews earlier.

Advocates of federalism also welcomed the Framework Agreement, saying it fits their advocacy, according to Jinggoy Candeleria, head of national secretariat of the Coalition for Citizen Constitution (C4CC).[]/a> with |||