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Misuari's Proposal To Include Abu Sayyaf In Peace Talks And Amnesty Rejected By Duterte


President Rodrigo Duterte said on a speech, Tuesday before the Philippine Marines in Taguig City saying that he was rejecting the proposal of Moro National Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari because he wanted to include the Abu Sayyaf Group in the peace talks with the MNLF.

Nur Misuari (MNLF) founding chairman suggested that the Abu Sayyaf Group should be included in the peace talks.

"Si Nur Misuari, I have been waiting for him... Ang bagong proposal is pati Abu Sayyaf isali na niya. At pagdating ng panahon kung magka-ok tayo, isali niya sa general amnesty," Duterte said in a speech in front of 400 Marines during a camp visit in the Marine headquarters in Taguig City.

"Pagka ganoon, huwag na lang tayong mag-usap. I will not. For the life of me, I will not," he added.

"Why should I talk to animals? What's the point?" Duterte said, in reference to the Abu Sayyaf Group current involvement in beheading a 18 year old girl in Sulu.

Duterte then added that if Nur Misuari will not stop pushing the proposal of including the Abu Sayyaf Group with regards to the peace talks with the MNLF, there won't be any peace talks happening.

"You wait for another President. Ayoko ng ganoon... As a matter of principle, I will not accept that... Either Nur abandons the Abu Sayyaf or he will take care of the Abu Sayyaf," Duterte said and added that Misuari also wants amnesty for the members of the terrorist group.

"Ang mga Morong kapatid ko, sabi ko nga, federalism... Pumunta ka sa akin with a mixed crowd including 'yung Abu Sayyaf, bahala ka diyan," he added.

(To my Moro brethren, my proposal is federalism. But if you come to me with a mixed crowd, which is with the Abu Sayyaf, you better get lost. You wait for another president.)

Source: GMA News
Misuari's Proposal To Include Abu Sayyaf In Peace Talks And Amnesty Rejected By Duterte Misuari's Proposal To Include Abu Sayyaf In Peace Talks And Amnesty Rejected By Duterte Reviewed by April Rose B. Tolero on October 16, 2016 Rating: 5

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