BANGSAMORO BASIC LAW NEGOTIATIONS AREN'T IN THE DOLDRUMS NOR DOOMED TO FAIL. BUT WE ALL MUST WORK HARD TO MAKE THINGS WORK!

The negotiations between between the government and the MILF on the Bangsamoro Basic Law has admittedly hit a snag. But I do believe that it's not as stark as some ulteriorly-interested quarters would want to paint. Thus, I think WE ALL MUST have to work for THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE of the Bangsamoro Basic Law. And as this indeed is a NEW CREATION, I believe that Everyone, I repeat, EVERYONE, must learn to think out-of-the-box, be willing to be uncomfortable at certain points. No short-cuts. The road to meaningful and more lasting peace is always the road less taken. Only those who have the patience, lasting goodwill, intelligence, and courage can really meaningfully traverse such path. And all these we owe to those who have endlessly toiled, suffered, and even perished in times passed; presently to one and all who are longing for meaningful peace in this Mindanao we inhabit and have learned to love; and to those our progeny who will be facing that yet-to-come future which they never asked of us but we actually brought on them. God bless us all!