Press Release
September 26, 2008

ROXAS: SC RULING NEEDED TO GUIDE PEACE PANEL

"Napakaimportante na magsalita ang Korte Suprema tungkol sa MoA na nilagdaan ng GRP at MILF Peace Panels. Ang desisyon ng Korte Suprema ay magiging gabay sa mga susunod na usapan ng GRP at ng MILF, para sa kapayapaan at katahimikan sa Mindanao."

"Sa sobrang kapalpakan nitong MoA na ginawa ng government peace panel, hindi tayo makakaasa na ang mga susunod na peace agreements ay sasang-ayon sa Saligang Batas. Hindi natin alam kung kasama ang taong bayan sa bagong kasunduan.

"Kailangan natin ng hatol mula sa isang sangay ng gobyerno na walang kinikilingan - ang Korte Suprema. The GRP and MILF negotiators must be properly guided. We need to learn something from this so that issues are set straight and the same mistakes are not committed in the future.

"It will be a disservice to the country if the Supreme Court washes its hands of this issue. The people of Mindanao will be extremely disappointed. After all the lives lost, the property destroyed, and conflict renewed, we cannot even say what went wrong. We appeal to the Supreme Court to rule on the substance of the MoA."

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