To achieve its goal of freeing bangsamoros, the MNLF involved government forces in large-scale armed clashes[5] that culminated in the early 1970s, when the rebels` glittering operations gave them control of a considerable number of communities around Cotabato City and their airport complex. This led the Marcos regime to strengthen the military presence by deploying nearly three-quarters of the army[6] to most Muslim parts of Mindanao. The case took another turn in 1976, when Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi negotiated an agreement[7] that resulted in the signing of the Tripoli Agreement,[8] which introduced the concept of an autonomous Muslim region to Mindanao. On August 1, 1989, Congress, under the new 1987 Constitution, passed Republic Act 6734,[10″ which approved the creation of the Muslim Mindanao Autonomous Region (ARMM). However, of the 13 provinces and 9 cities that participated in the referendum,[11] only the provinces of Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have decided to be part of the ARMM. THE ARMM was officially founded on November 6, 1990. [12] [learn_more caption”What is the framework agreement?”] – the declaration on the continuity of negotiations, signed in June 2010, taking up parts of the aborted Memorandum on the Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD). The current ARMM charter lists fourteen areas that are not within the purview of the regional legislature. In this comprehensive peace agreement, the parties list 81 powers reserved for the central government, exclusively for the Bangsamoro, and at the same time with both parties to the division of power. Of the 81 powers, 58 are allocated to Bangsamoro, nine are reserved for the central government and 14 are shared. [2] The framework agreement on the Bangsamoro annexes and four annexes, namely transitional provisions and modalities, yield production and stream distribution, power-sharing and standardization, and the Inland waters addendum of Bangsamoro, are included in the overall agreement.

[3] On 24 March, Philippine forces increased the alert status for red numbers in anticipation of the event. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, President Hadji Mourad Ibrahim and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak are among the most expected to sign the agreement. [4] The Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro (CAB) is a final peace agreement signed on 27 March 2014 at the Malaca ang Palace in Manila between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. [1] As part of the agreement, Islamic separatists would hand over their firearms to a third party chosen by the rebels and the Philippine government.