Tags: Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain

Nothing much is being said about the agenda and the developments in the talks. This is most unfortunate because what is being negotiated are important matters that could affect not only the peace talks but the future of the Filipino people. And the Filipino people’s inputs and involvement in the talks are not only desirable but essential. By BENJIE OLIVEROS / bulatlat.com

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The issue of land and territorial domain is at the heart of the Moro conflict. The Moro home is encroached upon, divided for more than a century. To recover, secure and protect their remaining space is justified. The Moro could not accept to be squatters in their own land.” – Prof. Julkipli Wadi, dean of the University of the Philippines Institute of Islamic Studies.

Sidebar: Lessons from the Failure of the MOA-AD

The tribal council of the South, the Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao or Kalumaran, has issued a unity statement saying that they support the Bangsamoro cause for self-determination and ancestral lands but doubt the real motives of the national government in “rushing” the Memorandum of Agreement for Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) with the Moro Islamic…

BY THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 31, September 7-13, 2008 Government has just announced that it has dissolved the peace panel negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which according to the Palace is “consistent with the President’s new policy of no longer talking…

There is nothing new in the so-called policy shift in dealing with Moro rebels of “disarmament, demobilization and rehabilitation” (DDR) recently announced by de facto President Gloria Arroyo. It is simply a rehash of the old, discredited and failed policy of “surrender before we talk” that has been the mark of this deceitful and arrogant…