Giving false hopes to the MILF
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It seems the much ballyhood meeting of President Aquino and Al Haj Murad of MILF in Japan turned out to bring more harm than good. First it created false hopes to the MILF, the latter expecting that when their leader shook hands with P-Noy, they will be getting their much awaited substate dream. Second, it stirred the hornet’s nest such that the group of Umbra Kato took advantage of the situation by making itself important by creating violence when in fact, prior to the meeting of P-Noy and Murad, Kato’s group was in hibernation. Thirdly, it opened the eyes of other Muslim groups, including the MNLF, to demand their own version of peace agreement with the Philippine government, saying that if the MILF can attain what they wish for, there is no reason for the other Muslim group like the MNLF not have its own substate model side by side with the MILF.
If not for the premature appearance of P-Noy in Japan and the massive media exposure, none of these complications would have happened. There was still a long way to go in order to reach a mutual agreement between the GRP panel and the MILF and yet Deles and Leonen brought P-Noy to Japan to meet one who is not even his equal in terms of political position and made it appear to the Filipino people that the peace agreement was almost a done deal when in fact it wasn’t, as shown by the different views both parties had when they met in Kuala Lumpur last Aug. 22, 2011. According to Murad, the proposal of the GRP panel presented in the Kuala Lumpur meeting had no connection with the previous agreements and consensus reached between the MILF and the GRP during the past 14 years of the peace process...... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110904com5.html
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