Peace hardly at stake
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Drop the substate proposal and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is expected again to unleash Umbra Kato to wreak havoc again in parts of Mindanao that the rebel group wants to carve out from the country.
Kato is the trump card of the MILF, the reason he remains free to roam the supposed MILF-dominated regions in Mindanao despite his being declared a renegade within the rebel group.
The continued recognition of the MILF control over some parts of the country also is not a palatable fact for a sovereign nation.
Noynoy, for his part, should be faulted for agreeing to include the creation of the substate in the peace negotiations..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110826com1.html
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