The Philippines risks facing extremism if a peace agreement forged between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is abandoned, the head of the Third Party Monitoring Team warned on Wednesday.

Alistair MacDonald, chairman of the TPMT, an independent body that monitors implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) signed between the government and the MILF in 2012, issued the warning as the proposed Bangsamoro law remains in limbo in both Houses of Congress.

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