DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 November) – The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the peace agreement signed by the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2014, may not be fully implemented by June 30, 2025, the end of the six-year transition period in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, raising the possibility that no exit agreement will be signed by then, the Third Party Monitoring Team (TPMT) said.
“With many tasks still to be accomplished, in particular on the normalization track, full implementation of the peace agreements may not be complete with the end of the transition phase in 2025. This also raises the question whether it would be possible to conclude an exit agreement by 2025,” the 62-page 8th Public Report of the TPMT, the five-member team set up by the government and MILF to monitor the implementation of the peace pact, said. The report covered the period from February 2022 to October 2023.
Reckoned from the release of its report on November 23, 2023, there are only 19 months or 585 days left until the end of the transition period on June 30, 2025 and 18 months or 536 days to the first election of the 80-member Bangsamoro Parliament on May 12, 2025. The filing of certificates of candidacy is 11 months away, in October 2024. (Click the link below to read more)
Bangsamoro peace pact monitoring team: full implementation beyond the transition period