The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process
(OPAPP) has asserted a “better-positioned” peace table for the incoming
administration once they assume office next month.
OPAPP Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles aired this during
the May 29-30 special meeting in Kuala
Lumpur , Malaysia
Deles said that while there remains unfinished business that
they needed to pass on to the incoming administration of President-elect
Rodrigo Duterte, what they would turn over, however, was a better-positioned
peace table, which is built on the gains of the Aquino government over the past
six years.
“What made the difference that we were able to achieve so
much was President Aquino’s unwavering commitment to the process. It gained the
trust of our partners in this peace table that got us through several stumbling
blocks and challenges. And it is our hope that the same will continue on in the
next Administration.” said Deles.
Deles also noted that she has met with incoming Peace
Adviser Jesus Dureza to discuss turnover and transition matters, which included
the Bangsamoro peace process, among others.
“Sec Jess and I agreed that together with our teams, we will
be working to ensure that there will be a seamless transition.” Deles said.
For his part, Dureza vowed to continue the momentum of the
Bangsamoro peace process.
“We intend to continue with the gains and build on those
already done and achieved. The roadmap that we will traverse hereon will take
policy guidance and direction from the new President when he assumes office on
June 30, 2016,” Dureza said in a statement which was read during the special
meeting.
According to GPH chief peace negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer,
President Aquino has already formed a transition committee via an executive
order to “coordinate with the lieutenants of the incoming president” and that
“there have been instructions going on at different levels with the different
agencies concerned including the OPAPP”.
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