'A new start:' Aquino lauds passage of Bangsamoro Law

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1428388" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - Former president Benigno Aquino III on Saturday hailed the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, which gives wider self-rule to the Muslim minority in the south.</p><p>Aquino forged a 2014 peace agreement with Moro Islamic Liberation Front that called for a self-rule law. He failed to get Congress to pass the measure before he stepped down in 2016.</p><p>&quot;Natutuwa tayo na mayroon na tayong batas na puwede mong sabihing &#x27;panibagong pag-uumpisa.&#x27; Iyung pinakasimple siguro nating puwedeng intindihin ito, kung iyung equation mo pareho nang pareho, hindi ka puwedeng mag-isip na magbabago iyung resulta,&quot; Aquino told reporters.</p><p>(We are happy that we now have a law that you can dub as &#x27;a new start.&#x27; Perhaps the simplest analogy here is an equation. If it remains the same, you cannot expect the result to change.)</p><p>&quot;Kung wala tayong pagbabago, ganoon na lang ba na &#x27;pag tiningnan ang Mindanao, lalo iyung ARMM, puro patayan, puro lamangan, puro karahasan. Kung ayaw natin iyun, baguhin natin iyung equation. Itong Organic Law ang magpapa-umpisa ng paraan para tugunan iyung kanilang mga suliranin sa paraang angkop sa kanila at pinaniniwalaan nila,&quot; he added.</p><p>(If there is no change, can you expect that when you look at Mindanao, especially ARMM, all you&#x27;ll see are killings, taking advantage of one another and violence. If we don&#x27;t want that, we should change the equation. This Organic Law will pave the way to solve their problems in a way that is fit to their needs and in which they believe in.)</p><p>Under Aquino, Congress halted debates due to public outrage over the deaths of 44 police commandos in a botched anti-terrorism raid in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in January 2015. Some provisions in the Bangsamoro law&#x27;s earlier versions also faced questions on constitutionality.</p><p>Duterte, the first president from Mindanao, inked the Bangsamoro Organic Law last Wednesday, meeting his self-imposed deadline.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/27/18/read-bangsamoro-organic-law">READ: Bangsamoro Organic Law</a></li></ul>

<p>Aquino had forged the 2014 peace agreement with Moro Islamic Liberation Front that called for a self-rule law. He failed to get Congress to pass the measure before he stepped down in 2016.</p><p> </p>

Aquino had forged the 2014 peace agreement with Moro Islamic Liberation Front that called for a self-rule law. He failed to get Congress to pass the measure before he stepped down in 2016.

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'A new start:' Aquino lauds passage of Bangsamoro Law

'A new start:' Aquino lauds passage of Bangsamoro Law

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Published Jul 29, 2018 04:16 PM PHT

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