Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders on Sunday "settled peacefully" a long standing family feud involving big Muslim clans in four Maguindanao towns and a town in nearby Lanao del Sur.
In a Muslim thanksgiving event, leaders of feuding Iranon clans and local executives signed a “rido ceasefire” to stave off any escalation of family feuds in the towns of Parang, Barira, Matanog, all in Maguinanao and Balabagan in Lanao del Sur.
"Rido," refers to Muslim family feud that goes for decades.
Mangudadatu said the settling of family misunderstanding aims to "normalize" far flung communities where long standing family feud brought about by land dispute or political rivalry ahead of the coming of a new political entity.
Under the GPH-MILF peace deal, a new political entity called Bangsamoro government will be established once a new law is enacted and approved in a plebiscite by the people in the proposed core territory.
More than 2,000 Moro Iranon tribes, representatives from the militiary's 6th Infantry Division, the Malaysian International Monitoring Team that observes the GPH-MILF peace agreement, attended the gathering at the Parang gymnasium in Parang, Maguindanao.
Ghadzali Jaafar, vice chairman for political affairs of the MILF, in his message, has appealed to the warring families "to end clan wars once and for all" so development will come in their communities once the agreement is fully implemented.
Malaysian Gen. Abdul Samad Bin Yaakob, head of mission of IMT, called on the public to support the
Mangudadatu lauded the joint efforts of the provincial government, the MILF, and the Army’s 603rd Brigade, and a local socio-economic development entity, the Iranon Development Council, for having initiated the forging of the "rido ceasefire."
Describing it as a "domestic normalization process," the move was clearly in support of the CAB and the October 15, 2012 Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro.
Mangudadatu and Jaafar signed the peace covenant as witnesses in the presence of warring families who now called themselves "brothers, sisters" and Brig, Gen. Romeo Gan, assistant division commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, and Col. Noli Orense, chief of the Army 603rd Brigade.
“This peaceful settlement among feuding Moro clans will surely improve the local investment climate and bolster the interest of Malaysian investors to put up viable agricultural ventures in partnership with Iranon landowners,” Mangudadatu later told reporters.
Malaysian businessmen have shown interest to invest in northern part of Maguindanao. They planned to put investment in rubber, oil palm and coffee in Matanog, Barira, Buldon, Parang complex where the former MILF main camp used to be.
Parang Mayor Ibrahim Ibay said Maguindanao’s hinterland Iranon town accounts for most number of clan wars in the province.
“Ahead of the coming of new government in Muslim Minanao, we want our communities to be peaceful so development and investment would come that would also provide local employment," Ibay said.
Mangudadaty said more "rido-settlement activities" are already in the bag in other towns of Maguindanao.
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