Talks resumed soon after, but did not result in a peace agreement. “The Tripoli agreement was a success. We had peace. We stopped fighting with the MNLF. But in 1986 it was ignored, so some of the agreements reached in the Tripoli agreement were not implemented. It fell into the water,” Marcos said at a press conference Saturday afternoon at the Park Inn hotel. “We will commit to abide by the agreement because we are making a serious effort to make sincere efforts, which will practically be reflected in the improvement of good-neighborly relations,” al-Bashir said. [8] After more than 17 years of arduous negotiations with the Philippine government (1996-2013), the MILF seems to have managed to forge several peace agreements, including a new Tripoli agreement signed in 2006. All agreements that have brought additional benefits to the MILF can be grouped into two main agreements: the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement (FAB) signed in 2012 and the Bangsamoro Comprehensive Agreement (CAB), signed two years later in 2014. The CAB adopted all the unenforced provisions of the previous agreements, including those of the JPA and the original Tripoli agreement. Despite a number of lobbying efforts and some community consultations, the new version of BBL has received very little support from lawmakers. Both houses of Congress mutilated the btc version and undermined the intention to grant real autonomy to the Bangsamoro – the main reason for all previous agreements, especially the Tripoli agreement.
During the negotiations, Marcos noted in his diary that Misuari and Libyan diplomat Ali Treki repeatedly insisted that “all of Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan be organized in one region. But they are ready to put this to a referendum. [8] Marcos was inclined to agree, believing that “Palawan, the three Davaos, the two Surigaos, the two Agusans, the South Cotabato, Bukidnon, the two Misamis, perhaps Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del Norte and others”[8] do not want to be admitted to the Muslim autonomous region. A day before the signing of the agreement, negotiations stalled and Gaddafi asked Imelda Marcos to return to Libya to speed up the talks. Imelda managed to convince the Libyan leader by telephone to accept the Philippine president`s proposal, which was to “submit the question of autonomy to the constitutional process of the Philippines”[9] for the thirteen provinces. The agreement was signed the next day. The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, said: “I have the honour to warmly congratulate [Gaddafi] on his historic achievement at the African mini-summit held under your auspices, which resulted in the settlement of the recent problems between the two brotherly countries, Sudan and Chad, as well as the signing of a peace agreement to end the crisis, which could be detrimental not only to both States. but all of Africa and the Arab-African world.
Arab and African history and peoples will appreciate your efforts, which contributed to the creation of a mechanism to overcome the differences between these two countries, and will remember you as the Arab and African leader who initiated the unity of Africa through the creation of the [African Union] and the continuation of measures to unite the Arab and African worlds. [10] The 1976 Tripoli Agreement is considered the “Mother Agreement” on the autonomy of the Moro people, as it was the first time that a revolutionary group fighting for independence was granted autonomy over parts of Mindanao and Palawan formerly under the sultanates of Sulu and Maguindanao and Lanao del Surs Pat a Pangampong. Under the administration of Fidel V. Ramos, the government and the MNLF signed the final peace agreement in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1996. [11] It allowed qualified MNLF members to join the ranks of the Philippine Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police, and established the Council for Peace and Development of the Southern Philippines, which was dominated by the MNLF. Misuari then ran unopposed for governor of the ARMM. [12] The peace agreement earned Ramos and Misuari the Félix Houphouët Boigny Peace Prize in 1997. [13] President Marcos agreed to sign a “peace agreement” with the MNLF under the auspices of the Libyan government, then led by Muammar Gaddafi. After a series of meetings with Philippine officials led by none other than then-First Lady Imelda Marcos, Gaddafi facilitated the signing of the Tripoli Agreement in 1976. The deal came after a mini-summit in Tripoli, Libya, hosted by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Prior to the meeting, Chadian Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-Mi, Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgham[2] attended a two-day preparatory meeting aimed at narrowing the scope of the disagreement before the heads of state met to settle the details.
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