Saturday, November 3, 2012

MILF chief negotiator Igbal respects Leonen nomination to SC

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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