Press Release
September 3, 2008

Villar on the dissolution of the GRP peace panel

The decision to dissolve the panel negotiating the peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a step in the right direction.

After all the flak the memorandum of agreement on the Bangsamoro ancestral domain got, the government needs a fresh start and new terms of reference in the effort to strike a peace deal with the MILF.

However, someone should be made accountable for the turnout of the peace deal that caused the escalation of atrocities in some parts of Mindanao and the death and displacement of innocent civilians.

I trust that the government learned a lot from the scrapped MOA-AD, with emphasis on the need for utmost transparency and extensive consultations with all stakeholders in each and every peace negotiation the government will take part in.

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