CHINKS are beginning to appear in the matter of “decommissioning” of weapons owned by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), whose fighters were reportedly reluctant to lay down their arms in the light of the recently signed annex on normalization, the final hurdle in the signing of a final peace deal.

On Friday, both Malacañang and the Office of the Presidential peace Adviser (OPAPP) insisted that the agreement to decommission means that MILF fighters will have to “turn over” their weapons.

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