Willy C. Gaa
There has been much rejoicingcunderstandably so—after the completion and signing of the Annex on Power-Sharing to the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) early this month. There remains for the negotiators only one more Annex to hurdle (on Normalization) and the addendum on internal waters before the desired comprehensive peace agreement is finally concluded. The next step will be the drafting by the Transition Commission of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), which, if subsequently enacted by Congress and approved in a referendum by qualified electors in the areas, will formalize the creation of an autonomous Bangsamoro region.