POLICY

NEGOTIATED POLITICAL SETTLEMENT: ONLY SOLUTION TO THE BANGSA MORO PROBLEM
RATIONALE
The Philippine government must open up to the idea that they cannot subdue the Moro resistance militarily and that their previous approaches toward the peace process will never work. The Mindanao conflict has drained the resources of the Government costing billions of money in their Anti-Insurgency campaign in the last three decades but it only strengthen the aspiration of the Bangsamoro people for self-rule and it has drawn attention from the international community.
The Bangsamoro a people is no longer asking for the whole of
Mindanao, because of circumstances have superseded some facts of the history. They just want a parcel of it, where Moro’s are predominant. This will enable the generations after them to enjoy peace and prosperity, as Islam enjoins all Muslims.
The Filipino people must also open up to the idea that Philippines is not a mono-nation state but rather a poly ethnic state with different cultures and that it is impossible to integrate or even assimilate into one culture. But the Moro people must also understand that the Philippine government cannot compromise their Territorial integrity as a matter of fact Moro’s and Filipinos are inseparable in the history of this country but defining territories does not mean that we have to separate, after all, it is better to be neighbors and live in peace and harmony than stay in one roof with miserable life.
Thus, it is imperative that a negotiated political solution be arrived at before things got out of control or a new wave of war occurs. Constitutional infirmities should not be a constraint to finally resolve the
Mindanaoconflict.
OBJECTIVES
THIS PAPER AIMS TO UNDERLINE THE CONSENSUS THAT THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MORO PEOPLE COULD AGREE
IT WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE FEASIBLE GAINS SHOULD THE GRP AND THE MORO PEOPLE CONCLUDE AN AGREEMENT
IT WILL ALSO ENVISION ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GRP AND MORO PEOPLE AND SHARING OF RESOURCES BASED ON MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT
IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE OPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE FOR BOTH PARTIES TO CONSIDER
POLICY PAPER PROPOSAL
MR. DRIEZA A. LININDING