Retired Marine Col. Ariel Querubin, a soldier who earned the Medal of Valor during the Estrada administration's all out war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2000, said that the Bangsamoro agreement is a welcome development in securing the peace in Mindanao but stressed that it should have been formulated much sooner so that the country would have been spared needless bloodshed.

"Any effort to address the problem in Mindanao and achieve lasting peace is a welcome development to soldiers," he added.

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