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Peace advocates appeal to GMA and MILF to stop war

Mindanao Peaceweavers

November 6, 2008

Peace advocates appeal to government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to stop the armed hostilities in Mindanao after the Supreme Court junked the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) for being unconstitutional.

Alarmed over the gravity of humanitarian crisis and the deteriorating condition of these war-ravaged areas, members of the Mindanao Peaceweavers (MPW) wrote President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim to stop the armed conflict of both parties and return to the negotiating table.

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Mindanao Peaceweavers writes GMA and Murad

Mindanao Peaceweavers

November 3, 2008

Dear Madam President and Chairman Murad,

The humanitarian crisis in Central Mindanao is serious. Following the cancellation of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain, now declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and the government’s orders to the Philippine armed forces for punitve actions against rogue elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the situation on the ground continue to deteriorate.

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