The respective Implementing Panels for the GPH-MILF Bangsamoro Peace Agreement of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were formally launched on 13 August 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Read more: READ: Joint Statement of the GPH and MILF Implementing Panels
The government’s chief peace adviser bared his plan to revitalise the Mindanao Working Group under the Philippines Development Forum (PDF) to complement the peace and development roadmap of the Duterte administration.
Read more: Dureza eyes reactivation of Mindanao Working Group for peace, development
There will be no Constitutional Convention (ConCon) but Congress will just convene as a Constituent Assembly (ConAss) to revise the 1987 Constitution to allow for the shift from the highly centralized Presidential system to a federal form of government | MindaNews
Read more: Alvarez: ConAss to revise 1987 Constitution, not ConCon
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte will be meeting with Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari on Aug. 12, during his second visit to Basilan since he took over the presidency, an official said Thursday | The Standard
Rival Muslim rebel factions will come together to craft a new law to implement a two-year-old agreement to end four decades of fighting in the south under a peace roadmap that was approved by President Rodrigo Duterte, his peace adviser said | ABS-CBN News
Read more: Rival Muslim rebel groups to craft new peace law: Dureza