Can the PH gov't convince MILF to give up its arms for peace?
MILF fighters on foot patrol in Mindanao. Despite the call of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to re-think its position concerning the inking of peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Philippine government is hell bent on pursuing the peace plan with the MILF early next month. Already the third framework on power-sharing had been signed in Malaysia this week. MNLF vice chair Hashim Habib told media that the proposed peace pact is a violation of the Tripoli Agreement which created theAutonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) after then President Fidel V. Ramos and MNLF chairman Nur Misuari agreed to ink the peace deal. As this developed, MILF vice-chair Ghadzali Jaafar has expressed elation over the trust that the government put on the MILF, which in effect, could once and for all, establish a Bangsamoro sub-state in Mindanao. Once approved, the MILF can pursue political and economic developments which could trickle down for the benefit