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August 30, 2007
source: Luwaran.com
Even
if they are adversaries across the negotiating table, a ranking member
of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has urged the Philippine
government, composed of three branches, the Executive, the Judiciary,
and the Legislative, to treat the peace talks as a grand national
agenda.“This will make
the peace negotiations succeed especially in the implementation phase,”
Muhammad Ameen, chairperson of the MILF Secretariat, told Luwaran by
phone today.
He
said that although the MILF never consider the Philippine Constitution
as the basis of the negotiations, being shallow, limited, and epitome
of Filipino interests, but the MILF does not stand on the way if the
government undertakes constitutional process for the exact
implementation of what has been agreed by the Parties in the form of
“comprehensive compact”.
The
MILF will stand in the sideline and wait for the fulfillment of the
Philippine commitment while it undertakes all sorts of processes to
comply with its Constitution and its obligations.
He
said President Arroyo needs the cooperation and support of the two
Houses of Congress, the Catholic Church, the business community, the
military, the civil society groups, the international community, the
Filipino people, and even the media.
The
so-called Moro Problem has plagued this country for centuries, but even
after the signing of the much-heralded GRP-MNLF Final Peace Agreement
on September 2, 1996, the problem stays and is violent as ever.
Analysts
said the main reason for this is because what is stipulated in the 1996
agreement has not been religiously reflected in the Organic Law passed
by Congress after the signing of the agreement. There were substantial
deletions and additions that do not make it the replica of that accord.
They
said that if the agreement has been fully translated into the law
passed by Congress, chances that the MNLF problem, not the Moro
Problem, will be shelved forever.
To
date, there are many opposition lawmakers who are willing cross party
lines to support the peace process of the government. Some say
President Arroyo can count on the support of the following: Senator
Loren Legarda, Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Senator Kiko Pangilinan,
Senator Gregorio Honassan, himself a “rebel”, Senator Antonio
Trillianes, Senator Joker Arroyo, Senator Mar Roxas, Senator Dick
Gordon, Senator Francis
"Chiz" Escudero, Senator Edgardo Angara, and Senator Jamby Madrigal,
for her peace efforts in Mindanao including especially those that
require congressional fiat.
Meantime,
the MILF says that it will never sign a bad agreement with the
government, which it describes as worse than no agreement at all. Also,
unlike the MNLF, the MILF leadership does not aimed at landing a job
once a peace deal is signed. They would concentrate on the full
implementation of the comprehensive compact, in tandem with the
government and the international community that provides some of the
guarantees for success.
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