Presidential aspirant Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte will “encourage” Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari to take part in a new bid to achieve lasting peace in Mindanao should the Davao City local executive win the elections.
In a press statement, PDP-Laban president Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel aired this assurance as he disclosed that Duterte will “will go out of his way and reach out to various groups” to pursue peace pacts with groups in rebellion against the government.
Pimentel said, Duterte, who is PDP-Laban chairman, will also revive peace negotations with Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army, a move that was abandoned by the current government leadership.
Pimentel said a peace agenda ranks high in the list of priority programs of a Duterte presidency.
“We will continue the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and strive to work towards the establishment of a mutually acceptable Bangsamoro political entity within the framework of the Constitution,” Pimentel said.
According to Pimentel Misuari, who heads a faction of the MNLF, will be “encouraged to actively take part in any dialogue for peace in Muslim Mindanao.”
The PDP-Laban president did not mention how a Duterte government will treat the fact that Misuari is responsbile for the bloody Zamboanga City siege that saw Misuari’s men occupying a portion of the city for nearly three weeks.
Nearly 300 MNLF and government forces were killed in the incident. At least a dozen civilians have also been listed among the casualties.
Hundreds of residents in affected areas remained homeless because their houses were destroyed during the combat.
Nevertheless, Pimente said a Duterte adminsitraiton will dismantle armed groups such as the Bangasamoro Islamic Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf involved in plain bandidtry.
The lawmaker said Duterte will resume peace negotiations with the CPP-NPA-NDF “at the national level and work out a comprehensive peace agreement” that would guarante social, economic and political reforms.
“We will not only restore peace in Mindanao in the same way that Mayor Duterte made Davao City one of the safest cities in the world, we will see to it that the Philippines will become one of the safest and most peaceful countries in the world,” Pimentel said.
He added: “The long-term solution to armed conflict in Mindanao, as we see it, is socio-economic development that would reduce poverty incidence and substantially improve the living conditions of everyone, whether Muslim, Christian or indigenous peoples.”
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2016/04/18/news/main/duterte-bares-peace-agenda/
In a press statement, PDP-Laban president Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel aired this assurance as he disclosed that Duterte will “will go out of his way and reach out to various groups” to pursue peace pacts with groups in rebellion against the government.
Pimentel said, Duterte, who is PDP-Laban chairman, will also revive peace negotations with Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army, a move that was abandoned by the current government leadership.
Pimentel said a peace agenda ranks high in the list of priority programs of a Duterte presidency.
“We will continue the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and strive to work towards the establishment of a mutually acceptable Bangsamoro political entity within the framework of the Constitution,” Pimentel said.
According to Pimentel Misuari, who heads a faction of the MNLF, will be “encouraged to actively take part in any dialogue for peace in Muslim Mindanao.”
The PDP-Laban president did not mention how a Duterte government will treat the fact that Misuari is responsbile for the bloody Zamboanga City siege that saw Misuari’s men occupying a portion of the city for nearly three weeks.
Nearly 300 MNLF and government forces were killed in the incident. At least a dozen civilians have also been listed among the casualties.
Hundreds of residents in affected areas remained homeless because their houses were destroyed during the combat.
Nevertheless, Pimente said a Duterte adminsitraiton will dismantle armed groups such as the Bangasamoro Islamic Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf involved in plain bandidtry.
The lawmaker said Duterte will resume peace negotiations with the CPP-NPA-NDF “at the national level and work out a comprehensive peace agreement” that would guarante social, economic and political reforms.
“We will not only restore peace in Mindanao in the same way that Mayor Duterte made Davao City one of the safest cities in the world, we will see to it that the Philippines will become one of the safest and most peaceful countries in the world,” Pimentel said.
He added: “The long-term solution to armed conflict in Mindanao, as we see it, is socio-economic development that would reduce poverty incidence and substantially improve the living conditions of everyone, whether Muslim, Christian or indigenous peoples.”
http://www.tempo.com.ph/2016/04/18/news/main/duterte-bares-peace-agenda/
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