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By Anthony Vargas, Reporter
A Roman Catholic bishop from Basilan on Saturday said the pullout of
Malaysia as a truce observer from the country’s southern Mindanao
region should serve as a reminder to the Philippine government that
it alone could bring peace there.
According to Bishop Martin Jumoad
of the prelature of Isabela, the withdrawal of a Malaysian unit from
the International Monitoring Team (IMT) is a clear sign that Manila
on its own should solve the Muslim insurgency in the region. The
rebellion aimed at the establishment by the Muslim minority of an
independent Islamic state has festered in Mindanao for more than 30
years. Jumoad said it has claimed thousands of lives, both Christian
and Muslim.
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