MILF: Editorial--‘Pulling the rug under’

Editorial posted to the MILF Website (Nov 1-7): ‘Pulling the rug under’

.... After the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro in Manila on October 15, 2012, avalanche of aid offers from donor agencies and states are coming in to help rebuild the devastated Moro areas in Mindanao. We welcomed this and we thanked them for these offers However, these deals should and must be through proper procedures and channels. The need to understand the concepts and the intended objectives of these initiatives should be discussed and agreed first. Going directly to individual member or combatant of the MILF is not a good mode; it can be misunderstood; and more seriously, it would appear as an attempt to weaken the cohesiveness of the MILF, as a partner in the negotiation and in the agreement. In the long run, this will not be good to real peace-building and the final resolution of the age-old Moro Question in Mindanao. A devastated MILF, God forbid! Will pave the way for other armed groups, including the radicals, to seize the moment, occupy the vacuum, and challenge the state. Again, the ways of hatred, blood, and destruction will return to our midst. Do we want this recur?....

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