ILIGAN CITY—Peace advocates in Mindanao welcomed the creation by President Rodrigo Duterte of the National Amnesty Commission (NAC) saying it augured well for combatants of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to live normal lives.
Duterte formed the seven-member commission with the secretaries of defense, justice, and interior and local government and the presidential peace adviser as ex-officio members.
The body will be responsible for accepting, processing and approving applications for amnesty.
“The creation of the NAC will greatly improve the implementation of the normalization track of the transition period,” said lawyer Mary Ann Arnado, secretary general of nongovernmen…
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