Cotabato City, May 20 – “Going the extra mile for peace in Mindanao” will be the statement of around 500 bikers and peace advocates who are expected to gather here on May 29 to pedal a 36-kilometer route for promoting peace in the region.
Biking enthusiasts, government officials, civil society organizations, and the military will unite for this peace campaign dubbed as “Bike for Peace 2011.”
The Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel for talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) initiated the event to gain heightened support from the public on the Mindanao peace process.
By 6:30 a.m., the 36-km marathon will start at the Cotabato City Hall then pass through the town of Datu Odin Sinsuat, and end near the Municipal Hall of Upi, Maguindanao.
Participants from different groups have been invited to join the bike fest, some of which includes: Cotabato Off Road Enthusiasts (CORE); Karancho Motorcycle Club; Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom); AFP 6th Infantry Division (6ID); Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID); Mindanao Human Rights Action Center (MINHRAC); Mindanao People's Caucus (MPC), Nonviolent Peaceforce (NP); and Muslim Organization of Government Officials and Professionals.
The Upi local government unit will likewise conduct a medical mission at their town gymnasium during the event.
Under the Aquino administration, the MILF has resumed peace negotiations with the government, and the two parties are scheduled meet again for another round of formal exploratory talks in June this year.
The GPH panel is expected to submit its counterproposal to the MILF’s Comprehensive Compact which contains the Moro group’s starting position for a politically negotiated settlement. #
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
MILF meeting business, diplomats, churches, academe in Manila
MILF meeting business, diplomats, churches, academe in Manila
03-May-11, 9:03 PM | Romy Elusfa, special to InterAksyon.com
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Negotiators of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will meet business groups, leaders of academe, the diplomatic community and different churches in Manila from Wednesday to Saturday to discuss their proposals for a political settlement to the decades-old conflict in Mindanao.
Organized by the International Alert-UK, in partnership with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Center for Development Management, the Mindanao Business Council and the Mindanao Peoples Caucus (MPC), the rebel negotiators, led by Mohagher Iqbal, who is also the MILF information officer, will discuss the Mindanao peace process, “in particular the economic and development framework and platform the MILF has proposed to the government.”
Francisco Lara Jr., country director of the International Alert-UK, explained that the series of consultations “is aimed at harnessing economic and business actors to lean upon state and not-state actors to persist in their efforts to achieve an enduring peace in Mindanao” and a recognition of the “influential and powerful voice of the economic actors in shaping strategic political decisions in conditions of crisis and conflict.”
The meeting with leaders of the business sector will be held at the AIM-World Bank Global Distance Learning Center at 2 p.m. on May 6. Guests will also have an opportunity to meet personally with the MILF panel members during cocktails that follow the meeting.
The Mindanao Solidarity Network (MSN), composed of Manila-based civil society organizations, on the other hand, is organizing the dialogues with the CSOs, church leaders and workers, and representatives of academic institutions, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Tech Portal Conference Room A, Techno Hub, Commonwealth, Quezon City on May 5.
Ernesto Anarias, head of secretariat of the MSN and executive director of Balay Rehabilitation Center, explained that the meetings with CSOs would be their way of promoting “better understanding of the outstanding issues in the negotiations. We consider this a unique opportunity for Manila civil society to take part in shaping viable and sustainable political options to resolve the root causes of the armed conflict in Mindanao.”
The consultation with foreign diplomats will be held at the British Embassy at 2:30 p.m. on May 5.
Bae Liza Saway, chairperson of the MPC, MSN’s partner in organizing the meetings with CSOs, stressed the importance of the consultations, saying “the MILF peace panel deems it imperative to conduct these open and mutual dialogues with the stakeholders to elicit their views, ideas, and questions with regard to MILF’s position and proposals in the talks.”
After the consultations and dialogues with the MILF panel in Manila, Saway, who is also a leader of the Talaandig tribe of Bukidnon, said they conduct another round of similar activities in Mindanao.
The MPC had arranged consultations from March to early April in the provinces of Cotabato, Lanao, South Cotabato, Sarangani and Davao.
03-May-11, 9:03 PM | Romy Elusfa, special to InterAksyon.com
COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Negotiators of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will meet business groups, leaders of academe, the diplomatic community and different churches in Manila from Wednesday to Saturday to discuss their proposals for a political settlement to the decades-old conflict in Mindanao.
Organized by the International Alert-UK, in partnership with the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Center for Development Management, the Mindanao Business Council and the Mindanao Peoples Caucus (MPC), the rebel negotiators, led by Mohagher Iqbal, who is also the MILF information officer, will discuss the Mindanao peace process, “in particular the economic and development framework and platform the MILF has proposed to the government.”
Francisco Lara Jr., country director of the International Alert-UK, explained that the series of consultations “is aimed at harnessing economic and business actors to lean upon state and not-state actors to persist in their efforts to achieve an enduring peace in Mindanao” and a recognition of the “influential and powerful voice of the economic actors in shaping strategic political decisions in conditions of crisis and conflict.”
The meeting with leaders of the business sector will be held at the AIM-World Bank Global Distance Learning Center at 2 p.m. on May 6. Guests will also have an opportunity to meet personally with the MILF panel members during cocktails that follow the meeting.
The Mindanao Solidarity Network (MSN), composed of Manila-based civil society organizations, on the other hand, is organizing the dialogues with the CSOs, church leaders and workers, and representatives of academic institutions, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Tech Portal Conference Room A, Techno Hub, Commonwealth, Quezon City on May 5.
Ernesto Anarias, head of secretariat of the MSN and executive director of Balay Rehabilitation Center, explained that the meetings with CSOs would be their way of promoting “better understanding of the outstanding issues in the negotiations. We consider this a unique opportunity for Manila civil society to take part in shaping viable and sustainable political options to resolve the root causes of the armed conflict in Mindanao.”
The consultation with foreign diplomats will be held at the British Embassy at 2:30 p.m. on May 5.
Bae Liza Saway, chairperson of the MPC, MSN’s partner in organizing the meetings with CSOs, stressed the importance of the consultations, saying “the MILF peace panel deems it imperative to conduct these open and mutual dialogues with the stakeholders to elicit their views, ideas, and questions with regard to MILF’s position and proposals in the talks.”
After the consultations and dialogues with the MILF panel in Manila, Saway, who is also a leader of the Talaandig tribe of Bukidnon, said they conduct another round of similar activities in Mindanao.
The MPC had arranged consultations from March to early April in the provinces of Cotabato, Lanao, South Cotabato, Sarangani and Davao.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Opening Statement of GPH Panel Chair During the GPH-MILF 21st Formal Exploratory Talks
Opening Statement of GPH Panel Chair During the GPH-MILF 21st Formal Exploratory Talks
Dean Marvic Leonen
GPH Panel Chair for MILF Talks
21st Exploratory Talks
April 27, 2011
Sheraton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
Twenty four (24): that is the number of consultations that our panel has done in the past few months--not 2 as often mistakenly reported. Counted here are the many informal meetings with various sectors that we chose not to make public so that we could truly have a frank and candid exchange of hopes and aspirations, ideals and pragmatic results, ideas and approaches that can help validate our position on countless issues. Counted here are consultations which are necessary to discharge our duties the way we should--that is, with the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate and some local government officials.
Not counted on the 24 are the many one on one conversations that panel members have had with key individuals. I have even sought to meet some journalists for a sit down to pick their thoughts on some issues which I feel they may have some knowledge. Not counted here are the meetings of cabinet clusters and of course our meetings with the President. The day before we left for Kuala Lumpur, we even had an initial meeting with leaders of the Liberal Party itself. I can only describe it as a candid yet interesting meeting yet I remain hopeful.
And our schedules are full the next few weeks: meetings which range from command conferences of the area commands in Mindanao, consultations with local government officials, to meetings with legislators, former justices, cabinet clusters and of course with our direct principal, the President.
We have no illusions that our own requirements for consultation will be easy. But if we are to truly learn from the mistakes of the past, we do need to have the patience to deliberately seek out many groups, receiving and discussing their sentiments in many different types of forums, many times clarifying perspectives. Of course, we do not seek universal consensus. What we are trying to achieve after all is a political settlement which should embody what we in government can deliver.
We applaud the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s decision to conduct consultations with non-Moro groups including indigenous peoples and business groups. We understand that you have schedules with the Makati Business Club and many other prominent Manila based organizations after this round of talks. As I have stated informally with some members of civil society, this decision to come out publicly with the contours of your proposed Comprehensive Compact should cause a national discussion on a national issue: how to solve the Bangsamoro problem. It can complement our efforts. It will also help us--and our direct principal--to gauge the public pulse on political decisions that need to be taken. Your consultations are complementary to ours.
We want to bring some outcomes of these consultations directly in this 21st Exploratory Talks.
First, we were handed the results of extensive consultations with Indigenous Peoples by the Mindanao Peace Caucus. We are making this paper available to the parties as a non-paper. To us, a non-paper is a document which may be of direct relevance to the negotiations. It may contain ideas authored by them or by some other third party or groups of parties but does not necessarily reflect the current position of either the GPH or the MILF. We invite our counterparts to study it closely as an aid to understanding what some organized groups of Indigenous Peoples expect from these negotiations.
Second, there were suggestions made that we do joint forums. We feel that this is a good idea at some point in the negotiations perhaps, when we (and our principals) achieve some clarity in our fundamental agreements and right before we mutually make the final commitments. I understand that there is precedent for this in this negotiations as there was some form of joint advocacy group in the past. We will take this up again in future negotiations.
Third, so that we can more easily communicate progress in these negotiations to our publics, we are requesting that our panel be allowed to have a maximum of four observers apart from our panel and our secretariat. The observers may be members of our advisory committee or key members of Congress or even individuals who we need to consult time and again. We may need to invite personalities who sit in the other tables that the GPH has set up, i.e. the talks on the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement with the MNLF. The observers will be here only to watch and see the progress of the discussion (inclusive of all its passion) in real time. They will come at our own cost and they need not join all the agenda items. Who will sit as observers will be up to our panel to decide. To us, this will hasten consensus building. We have raised this already as part of the pre-meeting and there was some sort of consensus.
Most of these related matters can be easily disposed of if the MILF reconsiders its current position not to table for discussion our earlier proposal to convene a technical working group that will meet in between our meetings to work on these administrative matters. As we have indicated in the past, an articulated and written Agreement on the Conduct of Talks will not only clarify how we work in the framework of these negotiations it will also help us communicate to our constituencies the ground rules in the negotiation. We have made all of our agreements public. It was made possible because all of them were articulated and written. The only exception to this is what remains in oral tradition: the conduct of our talks.
We thank you for allowing us in this round of talks to query you on the Revised Comprehensive Compact that you submitted as a statement of your position. We hope that you would take our questions in the spirit in which we have to make them: to elicit your interpretation so that we or our principals will not second guess what your initial positions are. You will see in our questions the levels of detail we went as we combed through your proposals. We have put into it the diligence that it deserves knowing the kind of work that you have already put into it. Please understand that we too have been working on our own proposals at many levels of our bureaucracy.
Except for extraordinary reasons, our ideal for a final agreement is that it is brief but clear and determinate as to what our principals promise. We should always be on guard for text that may contain different meanings to both parties. They may just be pitfalls for future misunderstanding and more serious conflicts. After all, we share with you the hope that we do not sign an agreement solely because we want an agreement. We want an agreement that is workable on all levels while addressing most of the fundamental interests in a principled way.
The workability of any final agreement hinges on many things. Let me just, at this time flag two of them:
One. We all know that the government has signed a Final Peace Agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Over much of the same ground and in representation of the same peoples, government is now purposely and seriously negotiating with a different movement. Our task is to come to a final agreement with the MILF. However, as early as this round, we hope that the MILF can consider the offshoots of this situation as a problem that we can also mutually address. On our end, we hope that a final negotiated political settlement with the MILF is not mutually exclusive to a convergence of government’s commitment to both MNLF and MILF. Also, we hope that the MNLF and the MILF’s commitment, both representing the Bangsamoro peoples, should not be at cross purposes with each other. We know that the solution to this lies both with government and with the MILF’s dealings with the MNLF.
Two. It is safe to say at this point that it would, most likely, be difficult to get the needed political critical mass to implement an agreement of the magnitude that is implied your Revised Comprehensive Compact if there are unaddressed splinter groups from your movement. The questions that we have had to answer these past few months are: “After the GPH signs an agreement with the MILF, will it then have to set up another table to negotiate with the BIFF? Is the BIFF still part of the MILF? If it is, which has the true command over the MILF’s coercive forces, the BIAF or the BIFF? What assurances do we have that the BIFF, if no longer MILF, will respect our ceasefire with the MILF? Or, do we have to set up a separate ceasefire infrastructure for the BIFF? Which has the greater constituency, the MILF or the BIFF in the areas of operation of Ustadz Amiril Umra Kato? These are questions that were asked of us and I am just summarizing it here.
We are aware of an independent report on Kato that have been provided to both parties. Sadly, they do not address these concerns. We hope that in this round we can have a full satisfactory answer.
We are here to negotiate ways to solve problems. That principally requires that we are open to seeing the problem realistically. Each of our sides can see portions of that reality. Let us reconstruct and review it in this table, candidly and always with an eye to what we mutually aspire: meaningful freedoms within a just and democratic society. Our peoples deserve nothing less.
Thank you.#
Dean Marvic Leonen
GPH Panel Chair for MILF Talks
21st Exploratory Talks
April 27, 2011
Sheraton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
Twenty four (24): that is the number of consultations that our panel has done in the past few months--not 2 as often mistakenly reported. Counted here are the many informal meetings with various sectors that we chose not to make public so that we could truly have a frank and candid exchange of hopes and aspirations, ideals and pragmatic results, ideas and approaches that can help validate our position on countless issues. Counted here are consultations which are necessary to discharge our duties the way we should--that is, with the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate and some local government officials.
Not counted on the 24 are the many one on one conversations that panel members have had with key individuals. I have even sought to meet some journalists for a sit down to pick their thoughts on some issues which I feel they may have some knowledge. Not counted here are the meetings of cabinet clusters and of course our meetings with the President. The day before we left for Kuala Lumpur, we even had an initial meeting with leaders of the Liberal Party itself. I can only describe it as a candid yet interesting meeting yet I remain hopeful.
And our schedules are full the next few weeks: meetings which range from command conferences of the area commands in Mindanao, consultations with local government officials, to meetings with legislators, former justices, cabinet clusters and of course with our direct principal, the President.
We have no illusions that our own requirements for consultation will be easy. But if we are to truly learn from the mistakes of the past, we do need to have the patience to deliberately seek out many groups, receiving and discussing their sentiments in many different types of forums, many times clarifying perspectives. Of course, we do not seek universal consensus. What we are trying to achieve after all is a political settlement which should embody what we in government can deliver.
We applaud the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s decision to conduct consultations with non-Moro groups including indigenous peoples and business groups. We understand that you have schedules with the Makati Business Club and many other prominent Manila based organizations after this round of talks. As I have stated informally with some members of civil society, this decision to come out publicly with the contours of your proposed Comprehensive Compact should cause a national discussion on a national issue: how to solve the Bangsamoro problem. It can complement our efforts. It will also help us--and our direct principal--to gauge the public pulse on political decisions that need to be taken. Your consultations are complementary to ours.
We want to bring some outcomes of these consultations directly in this 21st Exploratory Talks.
First, we were handed the results of extensive consultations with Indigenous Peoples by the Mindanao Peace Caucus. We are making this paper available to the parties as a non-paper. To us, a non-paper is a document which may be of direct relevance to the negotiations. It may contain ideas authored by them or by some other third party or groups of parties but does not necessarily reflect the current position of either the GPH or the MILF. We invite our counterparts to study it closely as an aid to understanding what some organized groups of Indigenous Peoples expect from these negotiations.
Second, there were suggestions made that we do joint forums. We feel that this is a good idea at some point in the negotiations perhaps, when we (and our principals) achieve some clarity in our fundamental agreements and right before we mutually make the final commitments. I understand that there is precedent for this in this negotiations as there was some form of joint advocacy group in the past. We will take this up again in future negotiations.
Third, so that we can more easily communicate progress in these negotiations to our publics, we are requesting that our panel be allowed to have a maximum of four observers apart from our panel and our secretariat. The observers may be members of our advisory committee or key members of Congress or even individuals who we need to consult time and again. We may need to invite personalities who sit in the other tables that the GPH has set up, i.e. the talks on the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement with the MNLF. The observers will be here only to watch and see the progress of the discussion (inclusive of all its passion) in real time. They will come at our own cost and they need not join all the agenda items. Who will sit as observers will be up to our panel to decide. To us, this will hasten consensus building. We have raised this already as part of the pre-meeting and there was some sort of consensus.
Most of these related matters can be easily disposed of if the MILF reconsiders its current position not to table for discussion our earlier proposal to convene a technical working group that will meet in between our meetings to work on these administrative matters. As we have indicated in the past, an articulated and written Agreement on the Conduct of Talks will not only clarify how we work in the framework of these negotiations it will also help us communicate to our constituencies the ground rules in the negotiation. We have made all of our agreements public. It was made possible because all of them were articulated and written. The only exception to this is what remains in oral tradition: the conduct of our talks.
We thank you for allowing us in this round of talks to query you on the Revised Comprehensive Compact that you submitted as a statement of your position. We hope that you would take our questions in the spirit in which we have to make them: to elicit your interpretation so that we or our principals will not second guess what your initial positions are. You will see in our questions the levels of detail we went as we combed through your proposals. We have put into it the diligence that it deserves knowing the kind of work that you have already put into it. Please understand that we too have been working on our own proposals at many levels of our bureaucracy.
Except for extraordinary reasons, our ideal for a final agreement is that it is brief but clear and determinate as to what our principals promise. We should always be on guard for text that may contain different meanings to both parties. They may just be pitfalls for future misunderstanding and more serious conflicts. After all, we share with you the hope that we do not sign an agreement solely because we want an agreement. We want an agreement that is workable on all levels while addressing most of the fundamental interests in a principled way.
The workability of any final agreement hinges on many things. Let me just, at this time flag two of them:
One. We all know that the government has signed a Final Peace Agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Over much of the same ground and in representation of the same peoples, government is now purposely and seriously negotiating with a different movement. Our task is to come to a final agreement with the MILF. However, as early as this round, we hope that the MILF can consider the offshoots of this situation as a problem that we can also mutually address. On our end, we hope that a final negotiated political settlement with the MILF is not mutually exclusive to a convergence of government’s commitment to both MNLF and MILF. Also, we hope that the MNLF and the MILF’s commitment, both representing the Bangsamoro peoples, should not be at cross purposes with each other. We know that the solution to this lies both with government and with the MILF’s dealings with the MNLF.
Two. It is safe to say at this point that it would, most likely, be difficult to get the needed political critical mass to implement an agreement of the magnitude that is implied your Revised Comprehensive Compact if there are unaddressed splinter groups from your movement. The questions that we have had to answer these past few months are: “After the GPH signs an agreement with the MILF, will it then have to set up another table to negotiate with the BIFF? Is the BIFF still part of the MILF? If it is, which has the true command over the MILF’s coercive forces, the BIAF or the BIFF? What assurances do we have that the BIFF, if no longer MILF, will respect our ceasefire with the MILF? Or, do we have to set up a separate ceasefire infrastructure for the BIFF? Which has the greater constituency, the MILF or the BIFF in the areas of operation of Ustadz Amiril Umra Kato? These are questions that were asked of us and I am just summarizing it here.
We are aware of an independent report on Kato that have been provided to both parties. Sadly, they do not address these concerns. We hope that in this round we can have a full satisfactory answer.
We are here to negotiate ways to solve problems. That principally requires that we are open to seeing the problem realistically. Each of our sides can see portions of that reality. Let us reconstruct and review it in this table, candidly and always with an eye to what we mutually aspire: meaningful freedoms within a just and democratic society. Our peoples deserve nothing less.
Thank you.#
Monday, April 25, 2011
GPH-MILF 21st exploratory talks all set
GPH-MILF 21st exploratory talks all set
Manila, Apr. 26 – The Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) panels are ready to resume their 21st formal exploratory talks on April 27 to 28 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Among the issues that the government will raise are concerns regarding MILF commander Ustadz Amiril Umra Kato who allegedly broke away from the Moro group and formed his own armed forces.
The GPH panel also intends to clarify some points from the MILF’s draft Comprehensive Compact, which contains its standing position on substantive issues.
GPH panel chair Marvic Leonen earlier said that the government views the issue of Kato as a “serious concern.” He related that the MILF considers Kato as an internal problem, and that they are exerting efforts to resolve this problem.
On the draft Comprehensive Compact submitted by the MILF to the GPH panel during the February 9-10 talks, he stressed that they accepted the document not as a working draft for the negotiations but a paper subject to clarifications.
Meanwhile, the GPH panel has been consulting various sectors “in an endeavor to be transparent and accountable to the proposals that we are giving on the negotiating table,” according to Leonen.
The panel recently engaged the local chief executives of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat last April 14 and 15, respectively.
To date, they have conducted a total of 21 consultations across Mindanao. #
Manila, Apr. 26 – The Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) panels are ready to resume their 21st formal exploratory talks on April 27 to 28 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Among the issues that the government will raise are concerns regarding MILF commander Ustadz Amiril Umra Kato who allegedly broke away from the Moro group and formed his own armed forces.
The GPH panel also intends to clarify some points from the MILF’s draft Comprehensive Compact, which contains its standing position on substantive issues.
GPH panel chair Marvic Leonen earlier said that the government views the issue of Kato as a “serious concern.” He related that the MILF considers Kato as an internal problem, and that they are exerting efforts to resolve this problem.
On the draft Comprehensive Compact submitted by the MILF to the GPH panel during the February 9-10 talks, he stressed that they accepted the document not as a working draft for the negotiations but a paper subject to clarifications.
Meanwhile, the GPH panel has been consulting various sectors “in an endeavor to be transparent and accountable to the proposals that we are giving on the negotiating table,” according to Leonen.
The panel recently engaged the local chief executives of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat last April 14 and 15, respectively.
To date, they have conducted a total of 21 consultations across Mindanao. #
caravan for peace
DATE;
TIME:
April 26, 2011 (Tuesday)
ROUTE:
6; 00 - 7; 00 AM – Assembly time at
Marhaban, Salimbao, Sul. Kud. Mag.
7:00 am – Start of Caravan
Traversing
from Marhaban, Salimbao Sultan
Kudarat, Maguindanao, towards Cotabato City,
Datu Odin Sinsuat, Talayan, Shariff Aguak,
Esperanza, Isulan, Tacurong, Pres. Quirino,
Buluan, Datu Paglas, Bagontapay, Makilala,
Kidapawan, Matalam, Kabacan, Datu Montawal,
Pagalungan, Pikit, Aleosan, Midsayap, Libungan,
Pigcawayan and return to place of origin.
ORGANIZERS/CONVENERS:
Mindanao Alliance of Peace (MAP)
Reference:
RABY ANGKAL
MAP Spokesperson
0926-984-3636 or 0926-330-6247
DR. ABDULMANNAN L. GAYAK
MAP Chairperson
0912-913-5362
TIME:
April 26, 2011 (Tuesday)
ROUTE:
6; 00 - 7; 00 AM – Assembly time at
Marhaban, Salimbao, Sul. Kud. Mag.
7:00 am – Start of Caravan
Traversing
from Marhaban, Salimbao Sultan
Kudarat, Maguindanao, towards Cotabato City,
Datu Odin Sinsuat, Talayan, Shariff Aguak,
Esperanza, Isulan, Tacurong, Pres. Quirino,
Buluan, Datu Paglas, Bagontapay, Makilala,
Kidapawan, Matalam, Kabacan, Datu Montawal,
Pagalungan, Pikit, Aleosan, Midsayap, Libungan,
Pigcawayan and return to place of origin.
ORGANIZERS/CONVENERS:
Mindanao Alliance of Peace (MAP)
Reference:
RABY ANGKAL
MAP Spokesperson
0926-984-3636 or 0926-330-6247
DR. ABDULMANNAN L. GAYAK
MAP Chairperson
0912-913-5362
“HUMAN CHAIN FOR PEACE”
MEDIA ADVISORY
April 25, 2011
IN SUPPORT OF THE GPH-MILF TALKS
Davao Civil Society Groups and Peace Advocates will form a human chain for peace from the Corner of Tulip Drive to Mandaue Foam
When: April 27, 2011; 1:30pm
Photo opportunity:
Participants will be lined up into a human chain with each participant wearing large individual letters spelling out “Mindanaons Support the GPH-MILF talks”
For Details Contact: Carlo Abdul Malik Peace Talks Advocacy Officer MPC
April 25, 2011
IN SUPPORT OF THE GPH-MILF TALKS
Davao Civil Society Groups and Peace Advocates will form a human chain for peace from the Corner of Tulip Drive to Mandaue Foam
When: April 27, 2011; 1:30pm
Photo opportunity:
Participants will be lined up into a human chain with each participant wearing large individual letters spelling out “Mindanaons Support the GPH-MILF talks”
For Details Contact: Carlo Abdul Malik Peace Talks Advocacy Officer MPC
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