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A Sound Lesson of the 2010 Philippine Election

Wednesday, 23 June 2010 01:14 Mike G. Kulat
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The 2010 Philippine National Election did give much wisdom that both national and local candidates should ponder. Analyzing the outcome of the election particularly in the Bangsamoro dominated areas will give us some thought of its effect to the winning or losing of candidates from local to national level. On the other hand, the lessons learned could also be a potential tool of the Bangsamoro in advancing their aspiration for their right to self-determination.

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Addressing MILF (and GRP) Concerns on Constitutional Framework for the Peace Negotiations

Tuesday, 09 June 2009 01:28 admin
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By Atty. Soliman M. Santos, Jr.

      Independent Peace Advocate

      Quezon City, 25 May 2009

  

In a speech entitled “All Sovereignty-based Negotiations are Extra-Constitutional” during the meeting of the Department of Minorities and Muslim Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) at Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 18 April 2009, Mohagher Iqbal, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Peace Panel Chairman, re-stated clearly enough “why the MILF does not agree to make the Philippine Constitution the framework of the peace talks.”  He gave four reasons:

 
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I am a Moro

Thursday, 08 January 2009 08:34 admin
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By Tommy Pangcoga

(Addressed to the Filipinos of Luzon, Visayas, and even Mindanao who do not know and do not care to know because they think they already know. What a pity.)

I am a Moro. I was born that way. I have Moro blood, Moro flesh, and Moro heritage. It is not wrong to be this way. I am different from you. I do not need to be judged or looked down upon. I do not need to be converted to the ways and beliefs of the mainstream majority. I do not need to follow your ways, because I do not want to. What I need and what all of those who are like me need is your understanding and your respect for our differences.
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Requiem for the MOA AD

Monday, 05 January 2009 00:00 admin
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By Chito Generoso
 
(Oftentimes I ask myself why I choose to get embroiled in Mindanao peace and conflict issues and putting my nose into other people's problems. Living in a bustling tiger metropolis at the country's financial nerve center, I could choose to ignore a tragedy seemingly too geographically distant to affect me. Why not just lay back, indulge in what money can buy, and be amused at how armed conflicting parties tear each other apart. So what the heck am I doing? This is my own paradox but allow me to indulge you with my own ramblings.)
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Revisiting MOA-AD: Mockery of the Century

Wednesday, 05 November 2008 08:55 admin
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By Mike G. Kulat

The recent squabbles within the whole instrumentalities of the government and the deplorable conditions of over half a million civilians brought about by the aborted signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Government of Republic of the Philippines (GRP) scheduled on August 5, 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia could be considered the greatest drama on the annals of history.
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