MILF chair: Decommissioning fighters, guns not equal to surrender

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COTABATO CITY—Hundreds of Moro fighters and their weapons are set to be decommissioned Saturday, in line with the rebel group's peace deal with the government that granted them greater autonomy in the

COTABATO CITY—Hundreds of Moro fighters and their weapons are set to be decommissioned Saturday, in line with the rebel group's peace deal with the government that granted them greater autonomy in the restive south.

"I would like to emphasize that the decommissioning does not mean we have given up on what we used to fight for. It simply demonstrate our sincere and full commitment to fulfilling our obligations and responsibilities in the peace agreement we signed with the Philippine government," he said. Over a thousand MILF fighters and some 900 weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, would undergo the first batch of decommissioning in Maguindanao.

"IDB has guidelines and protocols to ensure that the decommissioning process will be conducted efficiently with utmost impartiality, integrity and confidentiality," said IDB chair Fatih Ulusoy.Decommissioned combatants will receive aid packages worth some P1 million. It will include P100,000 cash, housing projects and livelihood training, among others.

 

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Piperahan lang ang gobyerno kunwari surrender, Hindi katagalan, poporma na naman panibagong grupo marami at malalakas na armas, pero sila pa rin yon. Lokohan lang naman ito ...

CPP, ano na? Hehe

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