Gov’t, MILF ceasefire mechanisms worked hard to effect ceasefire in Mamasapano

Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel chair Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer stressed during Monday's Senate hearing the hard work of the joint ceasefire mechanisms of the GPH and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) upon learning of the firefight that broke out between their troops in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on January 25.

According to ‎Coronel-Ferrer, it was the head of the MILF-Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) Rasid Ladiasan who gave the first notice of the firefight to his GPH counterpart. "T‎he information (on the firefight) came from the MILF-CCCH. [They said] that there was trouble in the area,” she said.