From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 8): Former peace negotiator calls for MILF-MNLF collaboration
A leading peace advocate in Mindanao on Wednesday urged leaders of both the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to unite and jointly work for genuine peace in southernMindanao .
"Their leaders can sit down and discuss how they can mutually cooperate in pushing forward the Mindanao peace initiative,"Lawyer Jesus Dureza, former chief government negotiator with the MILF, said in his regular column in an on-line news service based inDavao City
He said a collaborative effort should be in place as the government and the MILF are nearing completion of the peace process.
A former peace adviser, Dureza urged the leaders of the MILF, especially Al Haj Murad to reach out to MNLF group to jointly work for peace in the troubled Muslim Mindanao region.
He believed the GPH-MNLF 1996 peace accord and the upcoming peace agreement betweenManila
In his column in Advocacy MindaNOW, Dureza said the MNLF-Misuari faction reviving the call for independence was no longer viable.
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He also appealed to the MNLF to work within the parameters of the 1996 peace accord and reach out to the MILF for "partnership in bringing about peace in southernMindanao ."
In his unsolicited advise to the MILF leadership, Dureza urged Murad to address the issue of other emerging groups that undermine the peace initiatives ofManila
Aside from renegade MNLF in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao which recently made its desire for independence in an unpopular move to take over Zamboanga City, other threat groups also exist in Mindanao, including the Abu Sayyaf and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters as well as private armed groups.
He said these groups must be contained to really attain peace in the island.
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A leading peace advocate in Mindanao on Wednesday urged leaders of both the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to unite and jointly work for genuine peace in southern
"Their leaders can sit down and discuss how they can mutually cooperate in pushing forward the Mindanao peace initiative,"Lawyer Jesus Dureza, former chief government negotiator with the MILF, said in his regular column in an on-line news service based in
He said a collaborative effort should be in place as the government and the MILF are nearing completion of the peace process.
A former peace adviser, Dureza urged the leaders of the MILF, especially Al Haj Murad to reach out to MNLF group to jointly work for peace in the troubled Muslim Mindanao region.
He believed the GPH-MNLF 1996 peace accord and the upcoming peace agreement between
In his column in Advocacy MindaNOW, Dureza said the MNLF-Misuari faction reviving the call for independence was no longer viable.
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He also appealed to the MNLF to work within the parameters of the 1996 peace accord and reach out to the MILF for "partnership in bringing about peace in southern
In his unsolicited advise to the MILF leadership, Dureza urged Murad to address the issue of other emerging groups that undermine the peace initiatives of
Aside from renegade MNLF in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao which recently made its desire for independence in an unpopular move to take over Zamboanga City, other threat groups also exist in Mindanao, including the Abu Sayyaf and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters as well as private armed groups.
He said these groups must be contained to really attain peace in the island.
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