“The government will pursue peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at all costs”, Malacañang said yesterday.
The statement came amid reluctance on the part of Muslim rebels due loss of trust with one another and the President Aquino’s waning popularity.
“The government remains firmly committed to establishing enduring peace, which is built on a foundation of mutual trust,” Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said.
He issued the statement following claims of MILF chairman Al Haj Murad that trust between the two panels has been affected after he was offended by Aquino’s failure to inform him about the Jan. 25 Mamasapano operation when they actually met days before.
Chairman Murad also fears the stalled Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) bill in Congress will not be passed on time because of the waning popularity of Aquino, who is now the subject of public outrage over the killing of 44 elite police commandos by the MILF.
“What we know is that both sides continue to work on confidence-building measures and on seeing to it that an acceptable BBL may be enacted by Congress within the time frame set by the leadership of both houses,” Coloma stressed.
Aquino had urged Congress to pass the BBL before June 4, when they resume sessions after their Holy Week break and when both Senate and the House of Representatives deliberate again on May 4. But House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. said that the proposed Bangsamoro law shall be passed before June 11.
Meanwhile, a new batch of Malaysian peacekeepers arrived in Maguindanao on Saturday, March 14 to replace a team of compatriots that helped enforce a ceasefire between Moro rebels and the national government for 12 months.
The Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team (IMT) will now be led by Maj. Gen. Sheikh Mokhsin Hassan replacing Major Gen.Abdulsamad Yaakub whose tour of duty ended.
The IMT, composed of soldiers from Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Libya and non-uniformed conflict resolution experts from Norway, Japan and the European Union, has been helping monitor the July 1997 Agreement on General Cessation of Hostilities between the government and the MILF since 2003.
Gen. Hassan, who will supervise the activities of the IMT-10 Mission, and his team arrived in Central Mindanao from Kuala Lumpur through Maguindanao last weekend.
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He issued the statement following claims of MILF chairman Al Haj Murad that trust between the two panels has been affected after he was offended by Aquino’s failure to inform him about the Jan. 25 Mamasapano operation when they actually met days before.
Chairman Murad also fears the stalled Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) bill in Congress will not be passed on time because of the waning popularity of Aquino, who is now the subject of public outrage over the killing of 44 elite police commandos by the MILF.
“What we know is that both sides continue to work on confidence-building measures and on seeing to it that an acceptable BBL may be enacted by Congress within the time frame set by the leadership of both houses,” Coloma stressed.
Aquino had urged Congress to pass the BBL before June 4, when they resume sessions after their Holy Week break and when both Senate and the House of Representatives deliberate again on May 4. But House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. said that the proposed Bangsamoro law shall be passed before June 11.
Meanwhile, a new batch of Malaysian peacekeepers arrived in Maguindanao on Saturday, March 14 to replace a team of compatriots that helped enforce a ceasefire between Moro rebels and the national government for 12 months.
The Malaysian-led International Monitoring Team (IMT) will now be led by Maj. Gen. Sheikh Mokhsin Hassan replacing Major Gen.Abdulsamad Yaakub whose tour of duty ended.
The IMT, composed of soldiers from Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Libya and non-uniformed conflict resolution experts from Norway, Japan and the European Union, has been helping monitor the July 1997 Agreement on General Cessation of Hostilities between the government and the MILF since 2003.
Gen. Hassan, who will supervise the activities of the IMT-10 Mission, and his team arrived in Central Mindanao from Kuala Lumpur through Maguindanao last weekend.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/784-government-to-pursue-peace-with-milf
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