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Position
Paper of the RPMM-RPA on the Demobilization, Disarmament
Reintegration/Rehabilitation Framework of the Government of the
Republic of the Philippines vis-à-vis Peace Talks
The RPM-M/RPA has issued a statement on the government's
Demobilization, Disarmament and Re-integration/Rehabilitation (DDR)
as a precondition to talking peace again with the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front after Moro rebel attacks in North Cotabato and
Lanao del Norte. Read full
text of statement
GRP, RPM-M sign
agreement on ceasefire ground rules
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- As their Christmas gift to residents to
Mindanaoans, representatives of the Government of the Republic of
the Philippines (GRP) and the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa
ng Mindanao (RPM-M) signed Dec. 19, 2006 an agreement detailing the ground
rules of the ceasefire agreed upon over a year ago. Government chief peace
negotiator Franklin Quijano said the agreement means that guns will
be silent in villages under the influence of the RPM-M, which
include at least six provinces. Read
full article
Peace Processes in
Mindanao
There are actually at least
six formal peace processes going on in the Philippines today.
Four of these peace processes have the conflicts in Mindanao as
their focus. These conflicts are better
understood within the context of the continuing poverty and
powerlessness in Mindanao, the second biggest of the country's 7,107
islands. Despite the island's richness and giftedness, Mindanao
remains as the country's poorest region. Its rural populace alone,
despite their closeness to agricultural resources are among the
poorest, mainly because 70% of those who work in agriculture do not
own the land that they till. Mindanao remains marginalized
economically, politically and culturally. Decisions concerning
the lives of Mindanaoans continue to be made by decision-makers in
Manila, the Philippines' seat of economic, political and
socio-cultural powers. Read
full article
GRP - RPM-M
in ceasefire agreement
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Government peace negotiators with the
Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa ng Mindanao (RPM-M) claim
that peace with leftist groups is 90% attained with signing today of
the Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities. Government peace
panel for the RPM-M Chairperson Atty. Franklin M. Quijano said that
today’s signing of the Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities
and the eventual peace agreement with the leftist group “will open
the floodgate of development in the areas where the armed group
operates.” Read full article
The
GRP - RPM-M Peace Process 2005: The Journey Continues
Kaloy Manlupig talks about Balay Mindanaw's experience with the GRP -
RPM-M peace process, the lessons it learned along the way, what has been
achieved so far. He says: "Our experience in the GRP - RPM-M
Peace Process has taught us one important lesson: Peace is not only the
journey’s end. More importantly, peace is a way of journeying. Peace is
not only the resolution of strife but a way of striving." Read
full article
The
“Other” Peace Process: Government of the Republic of the Philippines
(GRP) and the Revolutionary Workers’ Party of Mindanao (RPMM)
An essay exploring the "other" peace process, how it all began. "While much attention is
given to the two major peace processes: with the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) and with the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s
Army (CPP/NPA), a third process quietly began in 2003. Towards the later part of 2002,
Iligan City Mayor Franklin M. Quijano received feelers from the
Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa sa Mindanao (RPM-M) that they
wanted to explore possibilities of entering into a Peace Process with the
Philippine Government to finally put a just end to a three-decade old
struggle. Both Mayor Quijano and Ike delos Reyes of RPM-M agreed to
approach Kaloy Manlupig of Balay Mindanaw to seek his help. A series of
serious informal meetings followed." Read
full article
Peace Talks
between the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the Revolutionary
Workers Party of Mindanao (RPM-M)
Paul Clifford, of Conciliation Resources,
wrote about the GRP - RPM-M, wherein he said: "There are three key people involved in this process locally. The leader of RPM-M (who acts as adviser to their Peace Panel), the chair of the Government Peace Panel (the politician who was originally approached by RPM-M in 2002) and the head of the Independent Secretariat (the President of Balay Mindanaw). It is the strength of the relationship between these three key individuals or ‘principals’ that has been instrumental in keeping the Peace Process alive, and even to get it started in the first place. Balay Mindanaw had no experience of being involved in peace talks. The trust in the organisation and their Director was the key factor in them being asked to be the Independent Secretariat.
Read full
article from the C.R. website
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