(Last Installment)

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 Feb) – MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal’s remarks at the GRP-MILF at the opening of the GRP-MILF meeting last January 28 depicted the state of the peace process at the sunset of Arroyo’s nine-year rule. The question he tacitly asked will remain a defining issue.

(3^rd Installment)

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 February) – In the second installment, we commented on Chapters II, III and IV of the 2003 Draft Peace Agreement. We are going to discuss the remaining chapters in this installment.

June 5, 2003

Vague

The government is offering the MILF “enhanced” autonomy.  But nowhere in the proposal are the geographical area and political jurisdiction defined.  Certainly, this cannot be in the air.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / February 19) – Uncertainty looms over the next GRP-MILF meeting on February 18 and 19. In the first installment, we discussed how optimism turned sour in the GRP-MILF meeting last January 27.

I. Tacit Question

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 February)  – “Is the peace pact still possible in five months?” This was the question – and the title, too – MILF negotiation panel chair Mohagher Iqbal’s five-paragraph opening statement tacitly asked when the GRP and MILF panels met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last January 27.  

That was minutes before the two panels exchanged drafts of the Comprehensive Compact they had drawn based on a seven-item basic outline they agreed in their special meeting on December 8 and 9, 2009.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 Jan) – In this article last issue, we discussed that the November 23 historic event should be appropriately called “Masalay massacre”. We clarified the number of media victims to be 31 according to the FFFJ verified list. We wondered if all the 31 had received P140,000 each from the government.