The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), as a sign of
commitment to peace, is set to handover 74 crew-served weapons to the
Independent Decommissioning Body.
Undersecretary Jose Lorena of the Office of the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) told the Philippines News Agency that the
weapons’ handover will be held anytime this month in Camp Darapanan
Lorena said the handover of the weapons is part of the
process of decommissioning of MILF forces and weapons, which will be
implemented in four phases.
“It symbolizes their sincerity that they will not go back to
war,” Lorena said of the weapons’ handover.
He said the weapons will be handed over to the Independent
Decommissioning Body, which in turn will validate the MILF inventory of
weapons.
He said the members of the Independent Decommissioning Body
are from Norway , Brunei and Turkey
He said crew-served weapons are high-powered firearms that
are usually handled by more than one person.
The government and MILF negotiators have signed protocol on
implementing the decommissioning of MILF arms and forces in a meeting on
January 29 in Kuala Lumpur ,
Malaysia
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=771418
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