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| Philippines govt, rebels agree on peace pact |
| 2012-10-08 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The Philippine government and the country's biggest Mohammedan rebel group yesterday announced they had agreed a deal to end a decades-long separatist insurgency that has killed more than 150,000 people. The agreement would see the establishment of a new semi-autonomous Mohammedan area in the resource-rich southern Philippine region of Mindanao, which the 12,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front regards as its ancestral homeland. "This framework agreement paves the way for a final and enduring peace in Mindanao," President Benigno Aquino said in a nationally televised address. "It brings all former secessionist groups into the fold. No longer does the Moro Islamic Liberation Front aspire for a separate state." The MILF hailed the breakthrough, which was achieved in the latest round of peace talks in Malaysia that ended on Saturday, as the "beginning of peace". "We are happy and we thank the president for this," MILF vice chairman for political affairs Ghazali Jaafar told AFP by phone from his base in Mindanao. The Philippine government and the country's biggest Mohammedan rebel group yesterday announced they had agreed a deal to end a decades-long separatist insurgency that has killed more than 150,000 people. The agreement would see the establishment of a new semi-autonomous Mohammedan area in the resource-rich southern Philippine region of Mindanao, which the 12,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front regards as its ancestral homeland. "This framework agreement paves the way for a final and enduring peace in Mindanao," President Benigno Aquino said in a nationally televised address. "It brings all former secessionist groups into the fold. No longer does the Moro Islamic Liberation Front aspire for a separate state." The MILF hailed the breakthrough, which was achieved in the latest round of peace talks in Malaysia that ended on Saturday, as the "beginning of peace". "We are happy and we thank the president for this," MILF vice chairman for political affairs Ghazali Jaafar told AFP by phone from his base in Mindanao. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 TOPIX > [Manila Bulletin] WE'RE STILL ALIVE - MNLF. Don't youse forget about me = us. ARTIC = ... - 1996 Final Peace Ageement between the MNLF + PHIL Govt. all but ended widout much progress. - New Govt-MILF Accord effectively abrogates the 1996 Agreement between Manila + MNLF, + does not show or operate any convergence between the two Islamic Groups, MNLF + MILF. * SAME > [Xinhuanet] NEWS ANALYSIS: PHILIPPINE GOVT, MORO REBELS REACH ACCORD,BUT FINAL PEACE PACT [post-2016]STILL BEING WORKED OUT. * SAME > [Guardian.UK] PHILIPPINE PEACE DEAL IS FAR FROM DONE DEAL, as it still remains affected vee both domestic + regional, non/anti-MILF violent Militant Groups, e.g. Mindanao-based ABU SAYAFF + Indonesia-based JEMMAH ISLAMIYAH. versus New domestic resistance in the PHIL, Moro or otherwise, may arise iff US forces return or a permanent or protractive basis. * WORLD NEWS > [Gulf News] SUBIC BAY: PHILIPPINES SEES PORT AS VITAL TO THE US, besides also the former Clark AFB + other Cold War installations. The new accord wid the MILF recognizes Palawan Island as part of the new post-ARMM "Bangsamoro" sub-state entity - what will happen vee China + PHIL SCS territorial claims iff the new Muslim Bangsamoro sub-state does not want PHIL or US Marines on the island??? Granted, Manila remains in charge of Foreign Policy, BUT HISTORY SAYS A TREATY(S) DOTH NOT AN ARMY MAKETH. Subic + Clark, etc. in the northern PHIL is of more interest to China for time being than Mindanao is. CHINA HAS ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN THE PHIL, + HAD GIVEN TOP PRIORITY TO THE NORTHERN PHILIPPINES OVER THE SOUTH SINCE THE US-SOVIET COLD WAR = DAYS OF ANTI-US "RED CHINA". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-10-08 23:41 |
| #2 "Peace in our time." |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-10-08 11:47 |
| #1 I dunno - I still suspect the MILF will prefer to stay neutral iff any war breaks out between China + PHIL in the South China Sea. Unless the PLA decides to attack + invade Moro homelands. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-10-08 01:46 |