From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nov 3): MILF chief negotiator
Igbal respects Leonen nomination to SC
While they have yet to craft the final peace agreement, Mohagher Iqbal won’t
stop Marvic Leonen from joining the Supreme Court.
“We’ve had good rapport,” said Iqbal,
chief negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front who had sat across Leonen,
government peace panel chair, in a series of negotiations in Malaysia to craft
the framework agreement signed on October 15. “But you can’t choose your
partner....’’ Iqbal said he respected Leonen’s
acceptance of his nomination to the high court to fill the vacant post of
associate justice. “That’s his personal preference. We
respect his preference,” he said by phone. “I see
Leonen’s entry [into the Supreme Court] as a positive development. I would not
look at it as a negative development.” He did not elaborate. MalacaƱang officials declined to say
whether they were prepared to let go of Leonen before the government and the
MILF could craft the final agreement by year-end....
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/300910/milf-chief-negotiator-igbal-respects-leonen-nomination-to-sc
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