GENERAL

WAVE OF BIAS

POINTS
MILF cannot be trusted
wave of bias, distrust

REBUTTALS
AFFIRMATIVE
Speculations: photos of
MILF and Abu Sayyaf,
coddled
Usman
and
Marwan
hence
SUSPENSION

NEGATIVE

The way of peacemaking

always tries to consider
where the other side is
coming from, and if you
cannot get to understand
and try to understand the
other side, then you can
never get to the common
ground,
Deles
said.
(Teresita
Deles,
presidential adviser on the
peace process)
ALL OUT WAR

Breakup of MILF into

smaller groups and wage
ware; worst case scenario
is all out war and the
dismantling of the peace
process

DEMOCRACY

BBL will democratize the

Bangsamoro
people.
This is the law that will
help
our
people
understand that it is
through the ballots and

BCF
serves
as
the
mechanism for the MNLF
and MILF to coordinate
their movements toward
achieving the aspiration of
the Bangsamoro people
towards just and lasting
peace,
and
peaceful
resolution
of
their
problems.

CHANGE IN
LEADERSHIP

LASTING PEACE AND

PROSPERITY (MILF)

17-YEAR OLD PEACE

PROCESS

ALL ASPIRATIONS
REALIZED

not through the bullets

that we can achieve selfdetermination.
Failure
to
pass
the
Bangsamoro Basic Law
(BBL) under the current
administration will result
in an even unsure peace,
citing that a change in
the leadership while in
the middle of the peace
process
will
kill
momentum
The BBL is viewed by the
MILF as the solution to
Mindanao conflict and
the
way to
lasting
peace and prosperity.
Angkal
also
urged
legislators not to sacrifice
the gains of the 17-yearold peace process and
asked them to conduct
separate probe of the
Mamasapano carnage.
The people of Mindanao
are tired of war. They are
tired of evacuation and
the cycle of violence. This
can only stop if the BBL is
approved
and
implemented,
Rangkal
said.
We believe that all the
aspirations
of
the

Bangsamoro would be
realized if the bill gets
passed. We want to be
given the chance to show
everyone
that
the
Bangsamoro are a peaceloving people, Tandalong
said.

CONTINUE BUT LOW

PROFILE TYPE OF
DISCUSSION

POLITICAL POSTURINGS
PEACE AGREEMENT

The children used to be

afraid of soldiers, she said.
They were even scared of
gunshots coming from
movies that were playing
on the television. In the
past, the children would
not go to school. But now,
some of them want to
become doctors and want
to be somebody.
Low profile type of
discussion
on
this
without
the
grand
posturings
and
the
inflammatory
language
that
merely
incites
peoples anger and desire
for
revenge;
investigation must be
initiated but at the
same
time
continue
with the process leading
to the approval of the BBL
Political
posturings
before Mamasapano
Peace agreement that is

Peace

is

not

acquired

JEOPARDIZED

suddenly
jeopardized
because of sentiments
of anger and mistrust

HISTORY OF MINDANAO

Christians should look at

history, the history of
Mindanao
before
Christanity and base our
ideas of peace from
that history and not on
our own biases and
prejudices
MILF is just a part of the
Bangsamoro government
that will be created
Mamasapano
has
nothing to do with the
BBL
Survey show that 96
percent of residents in
the
prospective
Bangsamoro
region
profess pride in being
Filipino (Deles)
Subject to review of the
Supreme Court
"The MOA-AD described
the
relationship
as
'associative' while the
FAB characterized it as
'asymmetric' wherein the
Central Government has
reserved powers with the
Bangsamoro
exercising
exclusive
powers
and
shared concurrent powers

MILF ONLY A PART OF

BANGSAMORO NOT THE
WHOLE
MAMASAPANOS
CONNECTION WITH BBL
MAJORITY PROFESS
PRIDE IN BEING A
FILIPINO

overnight. There are ups

and
downs
and
this
Mamasapano tragedy may
be the worst of the downs.

to be enjoyed by both,"
Candelaria said.
Passage of BBL was to
correct
the
failed
experiment that led to
the establishment of the
ARMM