Deles confident MILF will turn over guns by yearend

The presidential peace adviser, Secretary Teresita Deles, is confident that combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will turn over their firearms to the government by the end of the year.

“In fact, the decommissioning process has started under the supervision of an independent body. There will be a formal turnover of high-powered weapons of the MILF by the end of the year,” Deles said when asked by Rep. Gary Alejano of Magdalo party-list about the timetable of decommissioning of MILF fighters. Alejano, a former Marine captain, expressed apprehension on the commitment of the MILF in turning over their firearms.