Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday said he scolded Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process representatives for the delay in the signing of the closure agreement to the peace talks between the government and the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade.
The governor said the OPAPP representatives met with him at the Capitol in
“They keep on talking, it's a waste of saliva, it is useless to keep on holding meetings and meetings. They promised the signing of the closure agreement with the RPA last year yet, until now, nothing has happened”, the governor said.
“They kept on lecturing about the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) and peace efforts in other areas. We have nothing to do with that, I told them what we want is closure to the RPM-P/RPA-ABB peace talks,” he said.
Most of the RPA-ABB troops are in
When he scolded (sinabon) the OPAPP representatives, he said, they gave him a lot of reasons and excuses, and told him they would inform their boss about his concerns.
The problem with the OPAPP is they do not even send their higher-ups to see us, he said.
Joan Tolibas was the OPAPP representative identified among those who were at the Capitol Monday for an inter-agency meeting on the creation of a national disarmament, demobilization and reintegration framework.
Asked if he felt the peace process was being stalled, the governor said he does not know. “Maybe, if there is closure they will have no more work,” he said.
Undersecretary Maria Cleofe Gettie Sandoval, in a statement issued yesterday in answer to a DAILY STAR request for OPAPP's side, said “ The draft Closure Agreement between the government and RPM-P/RPA-ABB is under due diligence review”.
OPAPP is working closely with the Office of the President and other government agencies to ensure the agreement will be implemented as soon as signed, and without delay, she said.
“We hope to be able to fast-track the signing and the delivery of the peace dividends of the Closure Agreement to communities concerned," Sandoval added.
The peace talks between the government and the RPM-P/RPA-ABB began in December 2000 under the administration of then President Joseph Estrada.
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