New members of expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission named

The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) on Friday announced the new members of the expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) tasked to craft the new Bangsamoro enabling law.

The new members of the expanded BTC are the following:

• Atty. Jose I. Lorena
• Atty. Maisara Dandamun-Latiph
• Samira Gutoc-Tomawis
• Datu Mussolini Sinsuat Lidasan
• Dr. Susana Salvador-Anayatin
• Atty. Hussin AMIN
• Romeo Saliga
• Hatimil Hassan
• Atty. Firdausi Ismail Y. Abbas
• Atty. Omar Yasser C. Sema
• Ghadzali Jaafar
• Mohagher M. Iqbal
• Abdulraof Abdul Macacua
• Ibrahim d. Ali
• Haron M. Abas
• Atty. Raissa H. Jajurie
• Said M. Shiek
• Hussein P. Muñoz
• Melanio U. Ulama
• Gafur A. Kanain
• Ammal D. Solaiman, J.D.

They are comprised of 11 members from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and 10 government nominees, including three from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) as indicated in Executive Order No. 8.

The commission will be chaired by the MILF. 

Crafting of an enabling law is part of the implementation process of Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) signed between the Philippine government and the MILF in March 2014.

The BTC is expected to submit the draft of the new enabling law to Congress in July.  —Trisha Macas/KBK, GMA News