December 22, 2010 p-ress release by the Office of the Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process
Manila – The government is eyeing to hold exploratory talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in January next year.
Chief negotiator Marvic Leonen yesterday said that the government panel has been ready and awaiting confirmation from MILF panel chair Mohagher Iqbal to welcome their invitation sent through the third party facilitator Malaysia.
“The earliest, we hope, will be in January next year. We are open to holding the sessions anywhere, but it could be in Kuala Lumpur,” he stated during a dinner fellowship with some media representatives in Pasig City.
However, Leonen hopes that facilitation issues will be resolved soon to pave the way for the conduct of informal sessions and resumption of formal peace talks.
“It is very clear that the Philippine government wanted the best chance for a full settlement to gain acceptance from the public. So we have to settle the facilitation issues,” he said.
Leonen stressed that the government is “eager to start the talks and accomplish political negotiated settlement within the soonest possible time.”
“The President (Benigno Aquino III) wants to implement it within the six-year period. Working backwards, that means it could be possible to have an acceptance of a politically negotiated settlement by the middle of the term,” he stated.
“This means that before it happens, the settlement should be clear already to both parties,” Leonen added.
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