Even with the death tolls from the government troops as a result of the Mamasapano incident, why is Aquino's administration still pursuing the Bangsa Moro Basic Law (BBL) and the peace process with MILF?
Let's look back in the past, the ARMM, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which was formerly governed by the Ampatuans.
During the Arroyo administration, ARMM served as an "informal" bailiwick for her party with the Ampatuans as her political guards who had lorded the region. First time in the history of the Philippines or anywhere else in the world, for that matter, those districts under ARMM voted for Arroyo's candidates with an improbable Guiness-worthy statistics... 100% of the voters!
Fast forward to the present... If Aquino's administration manages to pass the BBL and have the MILF commanders politically lead the Muslim region, to whom will these MILF commanders loyalty be? To whom will their full-geared-to-the-tooth army be in allegiance with? Not to the Filipino people but to those who made it possible for them to sit at the helm of power.
The BBL enactment is in a good timing for the upcoming 2016 elections... And also a good timing for an alliance to form! To wit, I leave it up to you to speculate...!
(Photo Courtesy of Delon Porcalla of The Philippine Star)
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