Confed chair supports “Bangsamoro” entity

by Noel Baguio

Davao del Norte – Governor Rodolfo del Rosario expressed full support to the government’s peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), creating a new political entity called “Bangsamoro”.

The Chairman of the Confederation of all Local Chief Executives in Mindanao (Confed) said the deal ending the decades-old separatist insurgency of the MILF reflects the commitment of every Filipino to build a harmonious, stable and progressive nation.

“I join in the optimism that the framework will become the model of Mindanao’s future,” said del Rosario, who is also the chair of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC)-XI.

He stressed that for the agreement to prosper, all Filipinos, especially the Mindanaoans, must do their share to ensure the success of the peace accord, which is set to be signed by both parties in Manila on October 16, 2012.

“We must set aside animosity and mistrust and come together as a nation of peace lovers,” the governor said, a day after President Aquino announced that the Philippines remains as one nation and one people on the heels of the peace agreement between the government and the Muslim rebels.

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