BBL THREATS WONT WORK Written by Ninez Cacho-Olivares Tuesday, - TopicsExpress



          

BBL THREATS WONT WORK Written by Ninez Cacho-Olivares Tuesday, 07 October 2014 Getting what the Moro Islamic Liberation Front wants by conjuring up a scenario of a possible spread of the influence of the jihadist Islamic state in the Philippines if the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) fails to hurdle the legislative process, isn’t going to work. It is highly probable, however, that the BBL will be passed by Noynoy’s puppet Congress, but that is hardly the end of it, since there certainly will be groups that will challenge the passage of the BBL. The BBL draft that has been submitted to Congress is a flawed law and as it is almost a facsimile of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain which was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, what makes Noynoy and his legal boys think that the high court will declare this BBL as constitutional? Truth is, it is not that Filipinos are against the MILF being given autonomy as this is constitutional — but why can’t it be done under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao? What many are against is the fact that the MILF is being given a status of a virtually independent Islamic state, with its own defined territory, including the air and seas that can moreover be expanded; its own police force and even a sharing of power and wealth with the central government — and all being granted in the holy name of peace in Mindanao. That it is definitely going to become an independent Islamic state is the fact that the Bangsamoro will have a pure parliamentary system with a prime minister, being called the chief minister, and even a president. So why should there be two presidents under a republican state? Despite being granted all these by Noynoy and his puppet Congress, there still can be no guarantee of peace in Mindanao, as it has already been shown in recent events that the MILF itself cannot control its own fighters, who not only have firefights among themselves, but also get into firefights with the other Muslim rebel groups, such as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and the Abu Sayyaf. But an MILF leader was quoted in a report as saying that the MILF can help curb the spread of extremism in Mindanao. “If the Bangsamoro people will be empowered and the Bangsamoro Basic Law will be passed in the Congress as a good legislation, I think the MILF will play a very vital role in moderating the situation in Mindanao,” he said. But why, if the MILF is sincere about achieving peace in Mindanao, is everything being hinged on the passage of the BBL? Why can’t it show its sincerity by ensuring that the jihadists of the ISIS types are kept out and denied any influence in Mindanao and the entire country? Said Iqbal: “The danger of ISIS is not the actual confrontation but we have to look up to two situations: One is the ideology of radicalism which is infectious, the other one is that if we fail in this engagement — with this present Bangsamoro Basic Law — and eventually become irrelevant then that’s the danger, Iqbal said. What? Everything hinges on the MILF’s substate? It doesn’t make sense. How can the BBL stop the spread of ISIS recruits in Mindanao? The BBL can’t even stop the other rebel Muslim groups operating in Mindanao, such as the BIFF and the Abu Sayyaf and the MILF certainly cant stop the ISIS from recruiting more Muslims, simply because of an existence of a BBL and the establishment of a Bangsamoro nation — assuming that such a law will even pass the constitutionality test. But the MILF keeps on issuing threats and conjuring up dire scenarios, in a bid to make Congress and the Filipinos buy its line of peace in Mindanao with the establishment of the Bangsamoro nation. If the MILF truly wants to be a part of the Philippines, why then does it not go through elections and take over legitimately, the ARMM leadership? The MILF does not want this because its true intent is to first, become a nation state with wealth, power and an armed force, after which, it secedes from the Philippines and declares full independence. And for that, Noynoy should be tarred, feathered and hanged for treason.
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:50:29 +0000

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