Can MILF troops drop their guns?

From Rappler (Nov 2): Can MILF troops drop their guns?

It sounds promising, as explained by the leader of the Philippines' biggest Muslim rebel group in a rare press conference. In a gated portion of the main camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), its chair Murad Ebrahim said a final peace deal with the Philippine government would make guns unnecessary for the group's 12,000 fighters. Why hold on to firearms, he said, if the deal will produce justice and a booming economy? The road to a final political settlement, which is envisioned by 2016, has begun with the signing of an initial Framework Agreement in October. But on the dirt road leading out of Camp Darapanan, MILF troops admitted they find the decommissioning of firearms unthinkable. While it is one of the landmark provisions of the initial agreement on the Bangsamoro region, it is also among the most contentious. MILF troops have embraced their firearms, after all, as more valuable than their wives following decades of armed rebellion....

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