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Peace process forum set in Zamboanga City
- Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2016/02/18/peace-process-forum-set-zamboanga-city-457991
- Friday, February 19, 2016
- By Bong Garcia
THE Chevening Alumni Association Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. (CAAFPI) is conducting a forum entitled Sustaining the Peace Process in the Philippines.
The CAAFPI is an association of alumni scholars and fellows of the Chevening UK government scholarships in the country.
The forum, which is scheduled to be held on Saturday in one of the local hotels, will gather peace stakeholders for a dialogue on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and the prospect of sustaining peace in Mindanao.
“We recognize the importance of sharing the updates and challenges of the peace process,” lawyer Michael Toledo, CAAFPI president, explained why they are conducting the forum.
Among the resource speakers in the forum are: lawyer Algamar Latiph, Chevening Fellow 2006; lawyer Maisara Dadamun-Latiph, Chevening Scholar 2006; and, Abhoud Syed Lingga, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel.
Toledo said there is a need to gather the peace stakeholders to dialogue and discuss not only the BBL but also the prospect of sustaining peace in Mindanao.
Toledo noted that the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have committed to continue the peace process although both parties conceded the BBL will not pass within the administration of President Simeon Benigno Aquino III.
“The peace and development advocacy are much needed and there is an imperative to initiate discussions with stakeholders on how to sustain the peace process in Mindanao,” he said.
He said they conceptualized the forum with the following objectives: to inform the participants on the current challenges, context and status of the peace in Mindanao as well as the BBL by the representatives from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and the MILF, as a venue for dialogue and participation of all peace stakeholders, to collect ideas from the participants on the peace and gather their recommendations concerning peace, and to inform the policy-makers on the output of the collected ideas and recommendations from participants.