August 23, 2008

DESPITE TALKS OF RENEGOTIATION: INTENSIFIED MILITARIZATION, ARROYO’S DDR TO ERODE MUTUAL CONFIDENCE IN GRP-MILF PEACE TALKS

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Largoza Maza today renewed calls for the immediate cessation of hostilities and bombings in contested areas in Mindanao and for the immediate resumption of peace negotiations between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
“The call for peace is urgent. Intensified militarization will only further erode the mutual confidence required [...]