Editorial from the Mindanao Examiner (Oct 4): 'Is Peace Really At Hand?'

Is it peace really at hand?  All news releases of the Philippine government about the peace negotiations with the country's largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front - always say that a peace pact is expected sooner...and this every time the negotiations end in Kuala Lumpur. Everything the Aquino government and his peace panel say is the same and over and over again, but nothing has been achieved as far as the Muslim sub-state is concerned.  If there is really a breakthrough, it would be the MILF the first to say so, but all we hear is total silence. The MILF has said it many times that it would not sign the peace accord unless the Muslim sub-state is granted.  And yet, the government peace panel and its propagandists continue to sing in a different tune. And forcing their propaganda - as if peace is just around the corner - to the throat of journalists and media outfits, and make it appear that peace is at hand....

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