Hussin Amin on Basic Rights, and Mohagher Iqbal on Fiscal Autonomy and as head of the MILF Implementing Peace Panel.
During the Mindanao Hour held Thursday at the Royal Mandaya Hotel here, Santiago said the President is expected to certify the BBL as urgent bill.
She said they are hoping that President Rodrigo R. Duterte will mention during his state of the nation address on July 24 that the bill is a priority bill.
Once the BBL is passed in Congress, it will pave for the creation of a new Bangsamoro entity that will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
Iqbal said the roadmap is a “complementation of the implementation” process of the agreed political settlement, describing the plan as a necessary tool to convey both parties’ messages to the public effectively.
During the two-day meeting, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said there is need for a healthy public discourse on the Bangsamoro peace process and provide accurate information about the draft BBL when it is submitted to Congress for the public to understand and support it
“The joint communications planning of the government and the MILF is very important so that our messages are aligned,” Abella said.
Abella said President Rodrigo R. Duterte, the first Mindanawon president, is serious in advancing the Bangsamoro peace process.
Duterte has vowed to honor all Bangsamoro peace agreements signed by previous administrations.[]
The press statement added that the OPAPP created a Peace and Development Roadmap to address the political clamor of the insurgent groups in the country.
Under the government peace roadmap for the Bangsamoro, it is planned that all peace agreements with the Bangsamoro will be harmonized into the BBL.[]
