MILF slams GMA on 2010 timetable vs. rebellion

A member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Central Committee has bitterly criticized President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for her recent speech at the local Peace and Security Assembly in Mindanao where she reiterated her 2010 “timeline to end armed rebellion” in the region without specifically stating the current GRP-MILF Peace Process as the main component. Khaled Musa, deputy chairman for the MILF committee on information, told Luwaran that this angling and without direct reference to the peace process only show that President Arroyo is not really committed to solve the so-called Moro Problem through a negotiated political solution..
He said her reference to “soft and hard power to promote peace” plus increased military budget is an inbdication that the peace process is only a component of the government counter-insurgency program in the country.

He also said this policy reiteration on Mindanao jibed with the government latest proposal to the MILF that the two Parties will sign the memorandum of agreement (MOA) on ancestral domain without the fourth strand, which is governance.

The MILF rejected the idea, saying the MILF will not sign the MOA without the strand on governance.

The government proposal was taken up during the latest round of talks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last January 31-February 1, 2008.

Arroyo said  “coupled with our increased budget for Mindanao is our new paradigm for peace in the island.”

She said her administration’s peace formula for Mindanao “has focused on a unique combination of soft and hard power to promote peace.”

“We have been able to meld together confidence-building measures grounded on strong interfaith dialogue and cultural awareness; investments in economic and basic infrastructure development; and mutual security arrangements to keep the peace in Mindanao,” she stressed.

 

3 Responses

  1. It is a shame for us muslim in mindanaw to put our whims the killings of thousands of life but many only use it for power for money the rape the kidnapping what had we done to our ancestral land and it was been commired repeatedly by our own fellow muslims WAKE up to the TRUTH this REBELLION this WAR is all but EVIL itself disguise as godly I pray to ALLAH that all our fellow MUSLIMs in mindanaw would open there eyes and turn there back in this EVIL things that are happening.Even if the Philippine goverment will give all the autonomy you needed but in the end it will be all warlords will REIN terror fear bloodshed to our ancestral land becouse it is very clear that We the Tausug will not let the maranaw or the ilanun or the yakan rule over US and vice versa sha ALLAH puwas sallam.
    JALIUL

  2. And yet funny the international commitee always sees the killings made by suppoose to be military and police but I never read killings made by the NPA or the rebels in minadanaw or the abu sayap been probe in the commitee how why are they exempted?

  3. Sallam walaykum Sharia courtis not fit for our country Philipines even AIm a Tausug,Look at the RAPE cases n SAUDI but I never heard of ne arabs been beheaded and look how this arabs has treated us Pilipino muslims they treated Us like slaves where was the brother hood.Yes the very people.In Mindanaw who are leading this rebellions are as Blind as their followers who just simply love to have power guns and money and look at the very distruction they have done and yet it is a blasphemy to say and cry ALLH HUAKBAR doing the RAPE the KILLING of innocent people kidnapping in the name of ALLAH.If ALLAH wants to change the world he dont need you becouse ALLAH is so great and so powerful that He can destroy the world in His words only then who are you saying that you are ordered or doing this for ALLAH or you say that ALLAH wants t est you NO certainly not becouse ALLAH dont need to test you becouse ALLAH already knws who you are before you were even born buit what We are doing rigth now is he very Totally EVIL let even bin laden knows that

Leave a Reply