GPH, MILF to meet anew in Feb; Leonen says they have “inched forward but not fast enough”
By Carolyn O. Arguillas, www.mindanews.com
January 12, 2012

 DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 January) — The government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels will meet again next month to thresh out details of a proposed peace agreement that government hopes to forge by end of March.

But government panel chair Marvic Leonen in a press statement issued by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) at 11:15 p.m. January 11, appeared dismayed by the slow progress of the talks.

“We have inched forward but not fast enough,” Leonen said as he expressed concern “on the very slight movement” in the negotiations.

The two panels ended their three-day peace talks in Kuala Lumpur at 5:10 p.m. today (Wednesday), claiming in a joint statement that they had “constructive discussions on substantive issues” on power-sharing, among others, and have considered drafting “roadmaps towards a resolution of the Bangsamoro Question.”

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