Senior government panel member Professor Miriam Coronel Ferrer of the University of the Philippines today took oath as the new chair of the negotiating panel for talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
“President Aquino has appointed panel member Professor Miriam Coronel Ferrer as the new government peace panel chair," Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles said in a statement. "Professor Ferrer’s appointment signifies continuity and harmony in the peace talks, which is crucial towards the completion of the comprehensive agreement this December.” “Her appointment as panel chair is well-deserved given her competence and credentials as a peace negotiator,” Deles stressed. "She has been with the Panel since 2010 and serves as adviser of the technical working groups on power-sharing and normalization."
Ferrer is a "staunch advocate of human rights and an expert in conflict resolution and justice. She served as the director of the Programme on Peace, Democratization and Human Rights and also the deputy director and subsequently, the director of the UP Third World Studies Center at the University of the Philippines.”Ferrer takes over the panel chairmanship from Dean Marvic Leonen who was recently named Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President Benigno Aquino III. She was involved in the global campaign to ban landmines, which won the Nobel Peace Prize. She co-founded the Philippine campaign in 1995 and joined international fact-finding missions investigating violence in Cambodia and human rights violations in East Timor and Nepal.
As peace negotiations move towards the homestretch, Deles reiterated the government’s commitment “to finish the comprehensive agreement with the MILF before the year ends in our endeavor to achieve just and lasting peace in Mindanao that will benefit all Filipinos.” Both parties are scheduled to meet soon to resume discussions on the annexes on power sharing, wealth sharing and normalization that will make up the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
http://www.opapp.gov.ph/milf/news/ferrer-takes-oath-new-gph-panel-chair
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