The Chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)-Peace Implementing Panel (PIP) expressed the Front’s commitment to fulfill the obligations set in the peace agreements with the Government of the Philippines (GPH) amidst the challenges brought by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
”I want to assure the Bangsamoro people, especially my comrades in the MILF, of our unwavering commitment to fulfill the obligations set in the signed peace agreements,” Mohanger Iqbal, MILF-PIP chairman said in a statement.
The two parties, GPH and MILF, signed the 2012 Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and its four (4) annexes and the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).
Iqbal cited in the statement how the threat of COVID-19 has also affected vital peace-building efforts in the conflict affected areas including those those assisted by longtime partners and friends in the Bangsamoro peace process.
He also mentioned the adjustments made in daily lives such as closing businesses, observance of physical distancing, postponement of social gatherings- including commemorations and activities related to the peace process - and the imposition of checkpoints and community quarantines in able to contain the virus.
“To ensure that the Bangsamoro remains on the path towards sustainable growth, peace, justice, and reconciliation, the GPH and MILF peace implementing panles will worlk together in slowing the spread and flatten the curve of this pandemic,”the statement read.
Iqbal called on the international community, private sector and civil society organizations to join the panels’efforts to ameliorate the suffering of the most vulnerable populations b providing the necessary medical supplies and services.
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