Government and
Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators have expressed hope that Phase
1 of the decommissioning process scheduled on Tuesday, June 16 will be
seen by all stakeholders as the beginning of genuine peace in Mindanao .
Government chief
peace negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer in a press conference on Thursday
said the peace panel had sent out invitations for the ceremonial
decommissioning of MILF weapons to everyone involved in the peace process,
especially members of Congress.
“Although it’s a
ceremonial program, it signals something that took a long time to prepare both
the hearts and minds of the people who are involved in this process,” she
added.
The
decommissioning of 75 weapons and of 145 Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF)
is part of the normalization program that were listed and to be implemented
under the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).
Ferrer stressed
that Phase 1 of the decommissioning process is very important because the 145
MILF combatants who have agreed to undergo the initial stage will serve as
pioneers and help gauge the success rate of the normalization process.
MILF chief
negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, who was also present during the press conference,
assured that even if the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is delayed, they will
comply with the initial phase of the graduated decommissioning of MILF forces
and their weapons.
“We will see to
it that we will comply with our obligations. We have to undertake this whether
the BBL is moving in Congress or not,” Iqbal said.
He added saying,
“honestly there’s no other way but to have peace in Mindanao .
(OPAPP)
http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1781434193350/gph-milf-set-stage-for-start-of-normalization-process
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