MANILA: The Philippine government hoped yesterday to sign at least one of the three remaining annexes of the framework agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) when the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) resume next week in Malaysia.
Government chief negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer said that the government is determined to complete the annex on wealth-sharing when her panel meets with the Milf counterpart led by Mohagher Iqbal starting July 8.
She said that the government’s proposal on wealth-sharing provides for a fiscal arrangement that is better than what exists in the current Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
“There will be more taxing powers and a more defined sharing of government resources on the whole, in keeping with the goal of having a strong and viable autonomous Bangsamoro governance,” she said.
If things go well, Ferrer said that the government and the Milf might also be able to have a good working draft of the power-sharing annex with only few items left for resolution.
The Philippine star
