Davao City vice mayor urges government to find real solutions for peace | Sun.Star.

January 23, 2012

 DAVAO CITY Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte called on the National Government Sunday to come up a formula that will promote peace in Mindanao to address the concerns of the people.

This developed after the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair emeritus Nur Misuari expressed his disappointment on the current state of the negotiation between the Government of the Philippines and MNLF.

Misuari personally came to the city and met Duterte at Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City last Monday to discuss and seek advice on the matter.

In his television program Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa, Duterte said the MNLF chair is apprehensive that the Tripoli Agreement is no longer in the map of the peace negotiation as if it was ignored on the administration of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III.

Duterte said among the options of Misuari during their discussion is to stage war against the present administration, to discuss the matter with the National Government, or bring his concern legally to United Nation.

“I told him to choose the better option, and that would be the peaceful means. On the extreme, he might want to go to United Nations… but I said why not talk first with the government on his concerns (the Tripoli Agreement), total may linya pa naman siya doon?” Duterte said.

Read full article @ www.sunstar.com.ph