DATE: 7 October 2012
FOR: ADZU Community
RE: GPH-MILF Framework Agreement
With the advent of this historic breakthrough, how can Ateneo truly serve as a leader-partner in the realization of a peaceful and developed Mindanao?
Let us, as one community, suspend judgement, study the Framework Agreement, and allow the questions to come; acknowledge our fears and analyze the potential issues that may arise from the different interest-groups within Zamboanga and beyond; and, thankful for the Promise of Peace, prepare ourselves for the impact that this agreement will have on our engagements as a university.
Stay informed. Read. Realize. Research. Reflect. React.
“This framework agreement is about rising above our prejudices. It is about casting aside the distrust and myopia that has plagued the efforts of the past; it is about learning hard lessons and building on the gains we have achieved. It is about acknowledging that trust has to be earned—it is about forging a partnership that rests on the bedrock of sincerity, good will, and hard work.
The work does not end here. There are still details that both sides must hammer out. Promises must be kept, institutions must be fixed, and new capacities must be built nationally and regionally in order to effectively administer the Bangsamoro. The citizenry, especially the youth, must be empowered so that new leaders may emerge.”
– from the Speech of President Aquino on the framework agreement with the MILF, October 7, 2012
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President Aquino’s Speech (Full Text):
The GPH-MILF Framework Agreement (Full Text):
http://opapp.gov.ph/sites/default/files/GPH-MILF Framework Agreement.pdf
