Govt, MILF sign disarmament pact

THE government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels on Friday signed the 10-page implementing guidelines for the decommissioning of weapons and fighters of the secessionist group, five days after these same firearms killed 44 elite policemen in Mamasapano town in Maguindanao province.

“Standing by their commitment to achieve the objectives of the normalization process, the Parties finalized and signed the Protocol on the Implementation of the Terms of Reference of the Independent Decommissioning Body (IDB),” the Joint Statement issued by panel chairs Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and Mohagher Iqbal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia said.