How a New Peace Talk May Proceed

By Maugan Buat Mosaid, Ph.D.

In a recent article I wrote which was roughly titled “A New Perspective on the Mindanao Problem Based on Some Historical and Current Realities”, I tried to surmise some lessons and current insights based on the experience with the peace process as it has been. They may be worth mentioning here:

DDR? by Kristian Herbolzheimer / MindaNews

Kristian Herbolzheimer
Tuesday, 16 September 2008 07:07

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 Sept) — When a government puts DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration) as a precondition for talks it means it is not serious about political negotiations. Rebel groups take up arms to challenge a given political situation, not to negotiate how and when to hand them over. Of course the issues of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration have to be an important component of any peace negotiation. But no armed oposition group will discuss DDR before the root-causes of the conflict have been recognized and addressed.

Silencing peace: The story of MOA-AD

OPINION By SEDFREY CANDELARIA
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There was never any intention to create ‘a republic within the republic’

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Amidst the rumblings surrounding the aborted signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD), the nation once again finds itself in a dilemma on whether to pursue the peace process or resort to military solution to finally put an end to the armed conflict in Mindanao.