I was snacking and I was reading GRP-MILF draft pact on Bangsamoro homeland which @mlq3 over at Plurk shared. This struck me the most:

Sharing of Minerals on Territorial Waters:
Consistent with paragraphs 5 and 6 of the provisions on Resources, all potential sources of energy, petroleum in situ, hydrocarbon, natural gas and other minerals, including deposits or fields found within the territorial waters, shall be shared between the Central Government and the BJE in favor of the latter through production sharing agreement or economic cooperative agreement.

Is all this hoopla, about oil!?! If it is, can we just put in some revenue from VAT and give it to MIT researcher Daniel Nocera and others like him some money so we can develop alternative energy? that each household in this country can produce their own power? that we don’t have to fight over oil or Meralco or complain about the high cost of electricity for that matter? 

Can someone please explain to me in simple terms what exactly is wrong with Mindanao? Hasn’t there been an ARMM? Like has it been such a success story that the Republic is entering into an agreement with MILF that gives them autonomy?  Can’t the people of Mindanao, in a plebiscite decide once and for all if they are in favor of autonomy? And if they’re not, will MILF and others like them, lay down their weapons and build their homeland, which by-the-way would be the Republic of the Philippines, which coincidentally by the Constitution, doesn’t care whether you are Catholic or Atheist or Muslim?

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