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Arroyo Dissolves Gov’t Peace Panel

3 September 2008 One Comment

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today “scrapped a government peace panel negotiating an end to a deadly and drawnout Muslim rebellion in the nation’s south,” Agence France Press reported this morning.

The news agency said: “Arroyo spokesman Jesus Dureza confirmed the decision but declined to give details, saying an official announcement would be made later Wednesday. The decision throws into question the future of a five-year-old ceasefire between the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government.”

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  • Een andere oorlog « Kritisch Links said:

    [...] – en de eerste vijandigheden – die plaatsvinden zonder toestemming van de leiding van het MILF – het verdrag naar de prullenbak te verwijzen. En kort daarna verklaarde presidente Arroyo dat in plaats van met gewapende groepen te [...]

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