Marcos urged to appoint gov’t peace panel head

VOICE FROM SOUTH Supporters of the Bangsamoro peace process hold a rally in Mendiola, Manila, in this photo taken on Monday as they called for the appointment of the government’s Peace Implementing Panel chair, among other concerns. —CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — A peace advocacy group has called on the Marcos administration to appoint the chair of the Government of the Philippines-Peace Implementing Panel (GPH-PIP) to engage with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).

Datu Tokz Bin Abdulrahman, spokesperson for the newly formed Move for Peace Now!, said the appointment of a GPH-PIP chair is necessary to sustain engagement with the MILF and advance the Bangsamoro peace process.

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He said that without a government panel chair, the implementation of the CAB “hangs in the balance,” as MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal has no official counterpart to engage with.FEATURED STORIES