CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Achieving the milestones under a 2014 peace deal between the government and the once separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will require another six years, the length of one presidential term.
Because of this, there is a need to adjust the timeframe for the signing of an exit agreement between the government and the MILF to 2028 instead of the original schedule of 2022, Undersecretary David Diciano of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) told journalists in a recent briefing.
As agreed, the exit agreement will be executed by the parties upon the achievement of all commitments set in the Comprehensive Agreement on the…
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