lhe FAB also specifies that the freedom of choice rf the Indigenous peoples shall be respected. The core territory as the FAB staies. will include the of the ARMM as well as the six municipalities in Lanao Del Norle as enumerated :here, including the barangays in the following i-nunicipalities and the cities of Cotabato and lsabela. preseni coverage There is a provision as well on LCUs that by resolution or petition should decide for inclusion as required, consistent again under the constitution. of annexes ihat would complete the agreement The framework covers general principles and general guidelines. There are four Ihe FAB speaks annexes being flnished and developed; there are technical working groups coming both from the tasked to come up with the Bangsamoro basic law thatwill be submltted to Congress, which will undergo the regular passage of law process. Thereafter there will be a plebiscite in the core territories and the territories as contained in the law, and there will be an election for the Bangsamoro Covernment in 2016. What this means therefore is that the 2013 election for the ARMM will push through. The ARMM will exist until such time, until 2016 when the Bangsamoro Government takes over. For the meantime, between the time that the law is passed and the 2016 election, what will be established is a transition authority which will take care of transitioning from the current ARMM to the Bangsamoro Governmenl and concurrent powers of both the Bangsamoro as on rights, basically what the FAB states is that there will be a basic law. The basic law will spell out what will be contained in the annexes as well as what is contained in the framework agreement lt rvell as the Central Covernment as well as the justice recognizes a collective, democratic right; it recognizes institutions, again as framed by the the right of people to say yes or no; thafs why a plebiscite will be held. There will be no surprises, because the law will go through the congressional mill; it will be subjected to a plebiscite and there will be consultation with the people. People will be allowed to put in their comments as a regular law is made. And at the end of the day, once the law is passed, it will be subjected to yes or no for the people who will be affected by the law. That is what the collective democratic right covers. lt will also CPH and the MILF completing the negotiation on the Annexes. These four Annexes will cover power sharing, what will be reserved, what will be exclusive FAB. The next annex will cover wealth sharing, on taxation, on funds and donations and revenues for natural resources. The Third Annex will cover what is called normalization, which will basically cover security arrangements for the police, the role of the AFP and how the AFP will transfer its law enforcement powers to the police, and how the commissioning of forces will happen. The FAB specifles a gradual decommissioning of forces, how rehabilitation, reconstruction and development in the communities rvill happen, and how transitional justice which to the legitimate grievances, the historical injustices and human rights violations will be relates addressed. There is also an annex on the transitional arrangement and modalities, this will specifically cover the period of 20L3-2016 until the Bangsamoro Covernment is elected and until they take office and Lastly, guarantee basic rights of citizens. The Section 6 of the FAB begins thus, in addition to other existinq rights, and therefore it recognizes that the constitution already spells out rights but in addition to the rights already spelled ou[ the FAB as well enumerates other rights. lt covers a whole range of rehabilitation and development of communities and this will involve a long and elaborate and well run the Bangsamoro Covernment planned process of ensuring that the communities, the conflict afiected areas or communities that will The road map speaks of a creation from the time ihat be covered by the Bangsamoro will the FAB was slgned on October 15. The presideni ,rill issue an executive order which will contain 15 lames, 8 coming llom MILF including the Chair, and 7 coming from the CPH who will comprise the development or will have a chance at development rransition commission. The Transition Commission is right abuses will be addressed, on how both the experience Lastly, there is normalization, a very important chapter on transitionaljustice, on how grievances and human proceedings of the Second National Summit on lnternational Humanitarian Law in the Philippines lL December 2012 tr I

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