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The Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain that formed the core of a peace accord between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been canceled, Philippine presidential spokeswoman Lorelei Fajardo confirmed Aug. 21. Fajardo added that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo had vowed that future negotiations with MILF will take place with prior consultation with legislators and local officials.
The agreement, which was signed in July, would have created a semiautonomous Moro homeland in the southern Philippines, bringing to an end a decades-long battle between the ethnic Bangso-Moro people, who are predominantly Muslim, and the Philippine government. The collapse of the agreement, and the subsequent political bickering in Manila and the MILF camps, leaves only a narrow window of opportunity to restore the peace initiatives and avoid a return to open warfare.
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