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Philippines in peace deal with Muslim rebels
President Benigno Aquino says the "framework agreement" between government and
MILF separatists will be signed shortly.
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2012 06:12
The roadmap aims to help create a new autonomous region in Muslim-majority
areas in the south [Reuters]
The Philippine government and Muslim rebels have agreed to a preliminary peace
deal for the country's troubled south, President Benigno Aquino has announced,
signalling an end to a 40-year conflict that has killed more than 100,000
people and crippled the region's economy.
The deal with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), announced on Sunday,
sets in train a roadmap to create a new autonomous region in the
Muslim-majority areas in the south of the mainly Catholic country before the
end of Aquino's term in 2016.
Aquino described the deal in a nationally televised announcement as a
"framework agreement". It follows marathon negotiations between the government
and the MILF in Malaysia, which is brokering the talks.
The agreement is expected to be signed in a few days in the capital, Manila,
officials said. It spells out the general principles on major issues, including
the extent of power, revenues and territory of the Muslim region.
If all goes well, a final peace deal can be reached by 2016, when Aquino's
six-year term ends, according to the officials.
"This framework agreement paves the way for final and enduring peace in
Mindanao," Aquino said, referring to the Philippines' main southern region and
the homeland of the country's Muslims.
"This means that the hands that once held rifles will be put to use tilling
land, selling produce, manning work stations and opening doorways of
opportunity."
He cautioned, however, that "the work does not end here," saying "there are
still details both sides must thresh out".
Al Jazeera's Jamela Alindogan, reporting from Manila, said the framework
agreement had been a long time coming. "Negotiations betwen the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front and the Philippine government in fact have been going on for
decades," she said.
"This is just a preliminary peace pact agreement," she said.
"The most crucial part is the implementation of the peace pact agreement on the
ground - how to effectively change the lives of people on the ground. As we
know there are many forces there, are they going to be willing to share the
powers and controls that they have?"
Significant progress
"Since President Aquino took office two years ago there has been very strong
relations, good relations, between the two parties," our correspondent said.
"The sincerity of President Aquino to have a long-lasting peace agreement with
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has been well accepted. I think that
political capital has been well spent."
The deal marks the most significant progress in 15 years of negotiations with
the 11,000-strong Moro group on ending an uprising that has left more than
120,000 people dead and held back development in the south.
Western governments have long worried that rebel strongholds could become
breeding grounds for al-Qaeda-affiliated extremists.
"The parties agree that the status quo is unacceptable,"said the 13-page
agreement, seen by The Associated Press.
It calls for the creation of a new Muslim autonomous region called the
"Bangsamoro" to replace an existing one, which was created in 1989 and that
Aquino characterised on Sunday as "failed experiment".
The accord calls for the establishment of a 15-member "Transition Commission"
that would thresh out the details of the preliminary agreement and draft a law
creating the new Muslim autonomous region in about two years.
The rebels would undertake a "graduated programme" to decommission their armed
guerrilla units "so that they are put beyond use," the agreement said, without
specifying a timetable.
Philippine officials said the preliminary accord would be posted on the
government's website for public scrutiny and signed soon in the Philippine
capital in the presence of Aquino, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and
Moro rebel chief Al Haj Murad Ibrahim.
Source:
Al Jazeera and agencies
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