Senator Mar Roxas, President of the Liberal Party, asked the Supreme Court to stop the government from pushing through with the controversial GRP-MILF Peace Panel Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on Ancestral Domain tagged by opponents within Mindanao as a trigger for war and violence in the region.
"Nagsalita ang taumbayan at hindi sila papayag na basta na lang matsa-chop-chop ang bansa natin gawa nitong MoA na produkto ng pamimilit at panloloko," Roxas said after filing the motion for intervention at the Supreme Court in Manila.
"Nais ko ng kapayapaan sa Mindanao, pero hindi sa pa-traydor na paraan gaya ng ginawa ng mga negosyador ng ating pamahalaan."
Roxas pointed out that the MoA violated the Constitution because it creates another "state" within the Philippines.
"Malinaw na malinaw sa unang pahina pa lang ng Konstitusyon ang hangganan ng ating teritoryo. Hindi ito pwedeng magbago sa sabi lang ng peace panel. Ni isang beses sa buong MoA ay nabanggit ang Konstitusyon sa MoA na ito," he added.
He said the country had so much to lose if the MoA as crafted would be implemented.
"Matagal na nang ninanais nating lahat, mas lalo ang mga taga-Mindanao, ng kapayapaan at katahimikan. Ngunit paano magkakaroon ng kapayapaan, kung ang kasunduan mismo ay hindi dumaan sa konsultasyon ng mga maaapektuhan nito?" he said.
"We are for peace, but not for ‘peace at any price,' not peace with a gun to our heads. If there is a peace agreement, it must go through the proper procedures and consultations not just between the government and the MILF but with the citizens of Mindanao," he added.
With Roxas' filing, he joins the petitions of the people of North Cotabato represented by their Governor Jesus Sacdalan and Vice-Governor Emmanuel Piñol, and the people of Zamboanga City represented by Mayor Celso Lobregat and congressmen Isabelle Climaco and Erico Fabian. The petitioners were granted a temporary restraining order on the MoA last August 4, a day before it was scheduled for signing.
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Uncle Sam is directly involved in the aborted “secession” of Moro homeland (Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD). The U.S. government is active participant with the GRP-MILF peace negotiations. US interests is at stake. The USIP is a quasi-government institution funded by the U.S. House of Representatives. The chairman of the board is J. Robinson West who is chairman of PFC Energy, Washington. Members: Ex-officio are Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The executive director of the Philippine Facilitation Project is G. Eugene Martin, a retired diplomat who once served as the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Manila. The U.S. needs a Macabebe traitor like Gloria Macapagal and her cohorts to divide and rule the Philippine Islands.
Toward Peace in the Southern Philippines: A Summary and Assessment of the USIP Philippine Facilitation Project, 2003-2007
http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr202.html
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Hindi galit ang mga kristyano sa muslim. May historical and political reasons ang hidwaan. dapat may katahimikan na sang ayon sa ating saligang batas.
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Roxas hit for refuse head gov’t peace panel; Duterte praised for straightforward
News September 9, 2008
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has rebuffed Senator Mar Roxas anew for refusing to accept the challenge to head the government peace panel and face the MILF negotiators in an open debate to discuss the solution to the so-called centuries old Moro Problem in Mindanao.
“Why are you refusing our challenge? Be a real man and get out of your mother’s lap,” Khaled Musa, deputy chairman of the MILF committee on information, told Roxas.
“You want to become president with your biases, prejudices, and hatred for the Moros as part of your platform of government?” he asked.
He described Roxas as not “very manly”, saying that until now he is not yet married and is only using popular television host, Korina Sanchez, for his political ambition.
According to report, Roxas favorite flirting mates are middle age married women, which even in Catholicism is an immoral thing to do.
Meantime, another member of the MILF central committee praised Davao City Rodrigo Duterte for refusing to accept the recommendation of the Bishop-Ulama Conference of the Philippines (BUCP) to head the government peace panel.
Muhammad Ameen, chairperson of the MILF secretariat, told Luwaran today that the MILF praised Duterte for his being straightforward.
“You made the best decision for refusing the recommendation,” Ameen said, adding that the MILF does not want to meet him in make-believe talks.”
“That would only ruin our good understanding of each other,” Ameen added.
Duterte, who used to criticize the government for negotiating with the MILF in bad faith, said he cannot accept the nomination.
“I can talk to the MILF anytime I want,” he was quoted as saying during an interview with reporters recently.
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