MILF to push Bangsamoro bid despite deadlock
By Mario J. Mallari 08/29/2011Despite the “deadlock” in the peace negotiation with the government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP), the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would still push with its proposed establishment of Bangsamoro substate to address the decades-long Mindanao conflict.
MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal said that the government’s counter proposal was way behind the MILF expectations, citing previous agreements by the peace panels, including the “reframing” of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) which was junked as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2008.
The MILF negotiator stressed that he does not know if the government could reconsider its proposal “but the MILF would push through with our proposal.”
Iqbal, however, admitted being “frustrated” by the GRP’s counter proposal which meant that the long years of negotiations went back to scratch..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110829nat1.html
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