From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Oct 14): Widow of fallen MILF fighter expresses mixed feelings
about peace pact
The tents, the decorated stage and the colorful “padara (flags)” lining up the
dirt road can only mean one thing – celebration.
“We are holding a party to show our support to the peace deal,” said Kongan
Asim, a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighter since 1982. Camp commander Mohammad Nasif said they were expecting around 2,500 MILF
fighters to come, some of them have started to arrive Sunday. In Maguindanao
alone, there are about 150 ground commanders. “We have prepared a program where commanders will speak,” Nasif said.... But Sumlay Mangindra, a 49-year-old mother of two and widow of an MILF
fighter, would just “wait and see” for the next developments.... “Independence would have been the best solution to our problem, to our
poverty, to our being less developed, and I am convinced it is,” she said in
broken Tagalog, taking a deep breath as she prepared “kangkong” leaves to be
sold at the Cotabato City market Monday, the day when the government and the
MILF sign a historic framework agreement in Malacañang.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/288976/widow-of-fallen-milf-fighter-expresses-mixed-feelings-about-peace-pact
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