BTC Chairman Mohagher Iqbal on Friday appealed to the members of the media to see also the side of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front especially in the reportage of emotion-laden issues such as the Mamasapano encounter and the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
In
a discussion with members of the National Union of Journalists in the
Philippines (NUJP) in a restaurant in Quezon
City
Iqbal
stated his wonder about how some newspapers would portray the MILF and BBL in
the worst picture on a daily basis. “To me it is a frustration that they cannot
see an iota of goodness in this,” Iqbal stressed.
Iqbal also
believes that there seems to be a concerted effort to discredit MILF and BBL
especially through the media.
But even
after the Mamasapan encounter, Iqbal said that “personally and organizationally
we still have high trust for President Aquino.”
“And if not
for the mutual trust between the GPH and MILF, I would say the Mamasapano
encounter was really a game-changer or deal-breaker,” Iqbal said.
The
NUJP-organized discussion also tackled how government and the MILF should
communicate to the media.
Iqbal was
joined by GPH Peace Panel member Senen Bacani in clarifying several issues with
the news editors from ABS-CBN, GMA 7, CNN Philippines, Manila Standard, Manila
Times, Philippine Press Institute, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Kapisanan ng mga
Brodkaster ng Pilipinas and Philippine Center for Investigative Jounalism.
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