The United Youth for Peace and Development (UNYPAD) through its organized Quick Response Team (QRT) held a thanksgiving ceremony in the light of the signing of a peace covenant between the Masgal and Adam Families who have been feuding for years. It was held at Barangay Nabalawag, Midsayap, North Cotabato last October 31, 2012 and was attended by some 300 members of the two families. Datuan Magon, Project Officer of the UNYPAD on Conflict Mitigation program, said that the activity is an offshoot of the two-month intervention efforts that brought the two clans into a series of consultations and dialogues.
“The UNYPAD is very much thankful to the The Asia Foundation (TAF) for its continuous financial assistance in the organization’s Conflict Management and Resolution Program as this effort takes an indispensable aspect in the quest for establishing a Bangsamoro Government that will finally bring into full closure the conflict in Mindanao,” Magon, also the Deputy Secretary General for Administration of UNYPAD, said.
He added that he and the rest of the UNYPAD leaders who are present during the significant activity are happy and grateful seeing the leaders of the two clans taking lunch together after they signed the peace covenant, which marks the end of their long years of conflict that claimed numerous lives from both sides”. “What happened now are all indications that intervention can succeed,” he pointed out.
When asked about the role and involvement of the Security Sector, political leaders in Midsayap and the MILF, Yusoph Lumambas, UNYPAD Secretary General, said “they are very active.” “These efforts would have not been made possible without their full support,” Lumambas stressed.....
On his part Rahib Kudto, National President of UNYPAD said “The presence of Honorable Mayor Rabara in Malacaňang during the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamooro and his presence in this event; and the attendance today of some officials and members of the 40th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) members are indicators of their strong support in the search for genuine peace and progress not only in Midsayap but the whole of Mindanao ”.......
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UNYPAD appears to have close ties to the MILF and receives a fair amount of coverage on "Luwaran.com," the MILF Website. Some observers suspect the group of being a youth front of the MILF.
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