Lumads invited to peace, human rights event

From the Philippine Information Agency (Oct 9): Lumads invited to peace, human rights event

The lead organizer of YES FOR PEACE – Bayanihan para sa KKK (Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran, Kasaganahan) has invited the Lumads to an event, which will serve as a venue to air their grievances before peace and human rights advocates.

Ernesto Alcanzare invited the indegenous people who came from Southern Mindanao to join the unveiling, and then the launching of  “YES FOR PEACE: Asserting Peace as a Human Right” to be held on October 10, 2015, 10 AM at the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Palma Hall, UP Diliman.

The event will also unveil the YES FOR PEACE ROCK Marker and reiterate the declaration of all campuses of the University of the Philippines, a wellspring of the progressive movement, a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN), and revive the offer for campuses of the university as venue for open and participatory peace negotiations.

In recent weeks, disturbing news of the killing of Lumads in Surigao and the suffering of thousands who were forced to leave their homes in evacuation centers have hogged print, broadcast and even social media.

Jose Luis Martin C. Gascon, Chair of the Commission on Human Rights will give the keynote address and respond to the cries of Lumads who are now calling for the resumption of the stalled peace negotiations between the government and the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples’ Army and National Democratic Front (CNN).

Thus far, there are 11,236,918 KaBayanihans of YES FOR PEACE (yesforpeace.com) calling for the cessation of the armed conflicts between the government and all armed groups; the conduct of peace negotiations here in the Philippines instead of abroad; and Bayanihan (collective involvement and participation) for the implementation of programs and projects to be agreed upon for the realization of an era of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace.


Also invited to share their commitment to the peace process is Mohagher Iqbal, Chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Negotiating Panel through Al Camlian, member of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission.

http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/261444375486/lumads-invited-to-peace-human-rights-event