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Politics and governance · book
The 2018 Bangsamoro Organic Law in the Philippines
- Publisher
- Saniata Publications
- Year
- 2019
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 120
- ISBN
- 9789719692324
- Availability
- Out of print
No longer sold new: look for it in a library, or for a used copy.
About the book
A reading of the Bangsamoro Organic Law and the government it creates, by a former president of Mindanao State University.
Macapado Abaton Muslim, a former president of the Mindanao State University system and long-time chancellor of MSU General Santos, wrote this book to help end the Bangsamoro armed struggle. He also wanted to share the Philippine experience of managing ethnic conflict with other diverse countries. Its subtitle sums up his case: solving the Mindanao conflict with autonomy plus compensatory justice. Retired Chief Justice Reynato Puno wrote the foreword.
The 120-page book has 6 chapters. After an introduction, it looks at ways of managing cultural diversity, such as assimilation and multiculturalism, and compares regional autonomy and federalism in other countries. It then traces the peace process from the Marcos years to the present and sets out the key features of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, from its Shari'ah courts and fiscal autonomy to transitional justice.
The author argues that territorial autonomy can resolve ethnic conflict when it combines self-rule, power sharing and compensatory justice. For the law to succeed, he calls for ethical leadership, large capacity-building and livelihood programmes for MILF and MNLF members, independent monitoring, and wider support among Christian Filipinos.
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