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Ia Erecmtiv* gwmmasry of th$ URP-h{ILF Memar*adlEin of Agr*cntenf on Anff;stral Fom *iu l. The third $ub$tantive aspect of th GRF-MILP negotiations is Ancestr l Donrain. apal jlorn the Secwity and Rehebilitation and Develr Ffflent Rslle(rts, This hss be'rr lh* sllrjec Of intense disCussions running four y'ears now St t'he negotieting tafule t. In discugs.ing Ance$tral [)omain, the GRP and vIILF-har'+ eari ier agreed to pru rsue rh' ' discussion* ascording to lbur sub-topics (ot stands), trernely: t-lorrcept. Ten' itory Rssrlurces and fiovenrarlce , ThJough tllese strandli, both sides have gone beyc tnd treatitll the issue r:f Ancestral Domain as a quc$tion of ttrere land ov"rtetship Rtther. we havr f'orged a comlnon pb3'ective of addregsing the t;ubject in tenns of aclcnowledgi r:g rhe ideitiry of the Eangsar:,roro people, affirming their riglrts ovdr a homela:rd a nd iir resource,$, and providing thern tha opportunif to establish a systeln uf govetr allce suiteLrle and acciptable to thenr as a peoplc posseirsing a uniquc histc'ry and culturc' Concent **'il-"nrr*srral llomsin, as a crlncept in the context oJ.'the GRP-IvIII-F Peuce Ncgotiations' ii more than just lancl and its propnrtary owl t'$hip. The MQA also has iten-rs that cxpticitiy defrne the Bangsamoro people's identity zurd ach'norvledgc'their rtlo ts frr)m:i s*f1-gnviming society in pre-Colonial Philippinls. At ths heart of the cor:r1tFt of AD is ,*rpJ.t snd aJknowiedgemdnt, not only of the Bllngsamo;o peoplc's rights zurd fr eedr:nr:. brrt also vested property rights and relig.ious anrl t;ultural libenie.c o{'ot}r er peoples. '[*ernitony r$. The$trand on li"erritory defrnes the areaof composition of the EJE, the +ore of whicit is

rhe present geographic jurisclictinn of,the 4RyM, inculding al'eas compased of 7 l,i Berungays *d3"*utrt to the ARMM and fourd irr-$,i a,Sre_ed Frtrvinces-and tlrtrs e baraurgays in egreed cities for sccession tc, the presenl ARI'lh4.affer a plebiscit* -irlcl uding thos* that atresdy l'ye$" in a previorrs plebisci*r. TherC are aress that have al"rt: becn "o16r:1 i dentifled for intensive development s$sistance. S. Arrangements over fluvia! and maritirne Comairts consist of the inten:ral ir: rd te-rritotial waters of tire BJE. ""T:t+i-. stran,i on Res<,urces grenrs aurhoriry ts thc BJE on thr ust: anc! dev eloprnent L1f resources found within FJE jurisdiction, Morre significantly. it sets the rcason aLrle shsring with the Central Govcnunqnt of pro{it fum exploratilrn of proter:tial so urccs of nergf fo*O within BJE jurisdiction. The BJE shnli have the pDlver to conduct ecor omic . relation$ to ruaximize its capacity tp fulty develop. Govern*nc ' q 7. Tht lest strand on Covernarr$e-lrlaid ' the mecharrisms and modalities t<) in pietr:errt tllc MOA on AD. the rlet*ils of rvhich shall be outlined .ln the Cornpteltensive Comp act. L The Memorandurn of Agreemertt ott. Ancestral Do;main (M()A ;tlJ) rvas finalized and ig.i{iaie1j by both pan lE on 2l.luiy ?008 and wiJl lrc rnrmalil'sisned oir.5 Augu st ?008 in "The Matuysia, signing will signal the start of fornrel talks for the nejgotiation c' ,f dcfails of the ContPrehensive ComPact. { rt -ltj\ j