By Matikas Santos
INQUIRER.net
10:52 am | Monday, October 15th, 2012
MANILA, Philippines—To make peace last in Mindanao, the peace framework agreement between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine Government must be coupled with economic progress, Senator Loren Legarda said.
“Ink on parchment cannot solve the problem. It will be a long and arduous process. Any peace agreement will not be successful without an economic package,” Legarda said in a statement.
“And it’s not enough that resources are made available. Resources must be translated into jobs, livelihoods, food, education, healthcare, and welfare for the Bangsamoro people,” she added.
The framework agreement, which will be signed Monday, aims to replace the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) with a new region to be called Bangsamoro. It also calls for the disarming of all MILF rebels.
Legarda, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Committee on Cultural Communities, said that the agreement is “an opportunity to achieve the long-elusive peace” in the region.
“Let us give peace a chance. Let us explore all possibilities within the bounds of our national sovereignty to achieve the long-elusive peace in Mindanao,” she said.
Legarda pointed out that the long-running conflict in the region has made socio-economic development difficult.
“Mindanao is home to 6 of the 10 poorest provinces and 17 of the 20 poorest municipalities in the country. Armed conflicts since the 1970s have cost at least 120,000 lives and in 2000-2001 alone, 985,412 persons have been displaced,” Legarda said.
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