I belong to the Iranun , one of the Moro ethnic tribe in the Southern Philippines.
I advocates: Peace & Justice
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Sana totoo na itong nasa diyario, na kalalaabas lamang, ang gustong kong sabihin, sana hindi namagbago ang isa sa magkabilang panig…Kong ano ang napagkasunduan ay iyon na… (kong sa chess pa..”touch move”) hindi na idelete ng isang panig.. di tulad nong unag negotiator na pinalitan pa ang tapos na… at iyong mga napagkasunsuduan isagawa… Gov’t, MILF settle all issues on ancestral domain Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews |
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| Wednesday, 16 July 2008 21:17 | |
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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 July) – The Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have settled all the contentious issues on ancestral domain and are now preparing to convene the formal peace talks to sign the memorandum of agreement on the ancestral domain agenda, the government and MILF peace panel chairs told MindaNews.
“Ok na. Thank God!,” government peace panel chair Rodolfo Garcia, told MindaNews from Kuala Lumpur, where the two panels are holding an executive session comprising the panel chairs and two other representatives each. “Finally we have settled all the remaining issues on ancestral domain,” MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal said. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Hermogenes Esperon, Jr., told MindaNews the two chairs are signing the minutes of the executive session and “hopefully within the next 10 days” formal peace talks can resume so the MOA on ancestral domain can be signed and the talks can now focus on the contents of the “final” peace agreement. Esperon said the lone contentious issue on the use of the word “freedom” was resolved by just saying “address the aspirations of the Bangsamoro people.” He said “freedom” was already included in the June 22, 2001 Tripoli Agreement on Peace between the parties. Section 2 of the Security Aspect of the agreement, states that the “negotiation and peaceful resolution of the conflict must involve consultations with the Bangsamoro people free of any imposition in order to provide chances of success and open new formulas that permanently respond to the aspirations of the Bangsamoro people for freedom.” (Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews) |
