DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 August) – The interim C
hief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will convene in Davao City on August 9 its Council of Leaders, whose members include two non-Moro religious leaders : Cardinal Orlando Quevedo, Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Cotabato, representing “settler communities,” and Bishop Ernie Moral of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Philippines, a Teduray from South Upi in Maguindanao del Sur, representing Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples .
Four-year old Sittie Zareenah Ebrahim wonders who is seated beside her grandpa, MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim onstage at the Central Committee Convention Hall in Camp Darapanan, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on July 25, 2015. Murad discussed the peace process in a dialogue with media, moderated by Mindanao’s lone Cardinal, Orlando B. Quevedo . MindaNews file photo by TOTO LOZANO
The Council’s other members are representatives of traditional leaders, non-Moro indigenous communities, women, settler communities, the Ulama, youth, and Bangsamoro communities outside of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region; and representatives of other sectors. For these sectors, the mechanism of representation and number of representatives “shall be determined by the Parliament.
The business sector is represented by Shalimar Amerkhan Candao, an Iranun/Maguindanaon from Cotabato City. Musa Tampal Solaiman of Kiamba in Sarangani, a province outside the BARMM, is representing Farmers. Madal was nominated by the Sultan Anwarudin “Datu Utto” bin Sultan Bangon Descendants Association and League of the Bangsamoro Organization ; Lao by the Federation of Women Royalty of Lanao Inc.; Alon by the United Voice for Peace Network; Tadtagan by the Bangsamoro Center for Just Peace, Inc. and LBO; Candao by the Nouru Salam National Women Council and LBO; and Caril by the Bangsamoro Provincial Consultative Council.
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