The Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) have signed an agreement of cooperation and coordination to
effectively combat illegal drugs in the MILF-controlled areas of Mindanao .
The agreement was signed by the officials of the Ad Hoc
Joint Action Group (AHJAG) of the GPH and the MILF last Tuesday at the Hotel
Elena, Davao City
Among the signatories include: GPH AHJAG chairman B/Gen.
Arnel B. Dela Vega; GPH joint Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of
Hostilities (CCCH) chairman B/Gen. Glenn G Macasero; MILF AHJAG chairman Abdul
M. Dataya and MILF CCCH chairman Butch P. Malang.
Under the agreement, all the agencies of the government
particularly the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine National
Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have been given the
primary responsibility to implement the anti-illegal drugs program in
MILF-controlled areas.
The MILF has expressed alarm over the growing incidence of
illegal drugs, prompting its central committee to pass a resolution to take
immediate action against the drug problem.
The agreement provides certain mechanics and procedures that
have to be observed by both the GPH and the MILF in the conduct of law
enforcement operation against criminality in the MILF-controlled areas.
The anti-illegal drug campaign includes conduct of
information drive on the ill-effects of illegal drugs in coordination with the
barangay, municipal, city or provincial anti-drug abuse councils.
On information exchanges and sharing, the MILF has to submit
the list of drug personalities identified in its areas “subject to validation
of the law enforcement agencies.”
In the conduct of anti-illegal drug operations, all existing
protocols under Republic Act No. 9165 and all relevant agreements signed
between the GPH and the MILF shall apply.
Under the agreement, the PDEA and the anti-drug units of the
AFP, PNP, National Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Customs and Bureau of
Immigration and Deportation shall also coordinate with the AHJAG and CCCH.
The agreement was part of the strengthened anti-illegal drug
campaign and fight against criminality of the administration of President
Rodrigo Duterte.
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