Talks with MILF enter new phase

After signing a firearms deal on January 25 that marked the successful end of the peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, both sides will now enter the more crucial phase of making sure that the agreements will be crafted into a new law. The formal signing of the peace deal in Manila has not been scheduled, but the burden now lies with the Transition Commission, which will craft a proposed law on the creation of the Bangsamoro region. The Aquino administration, on the other hand, will have to rally its allies in both houses of Congress to eventually support whatever the Commission end up proposing. At stake, too, is the support given by several countries that belong to the International Contact Group (ICG) that has served as an active observer of the process. The ICG has vowed to see this process all the way to its ground implementation.

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