THE need to wage peace, not war, in the South has not waned, but the conditions under which peace with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and other rebel groups must be pursued have drastically changed. The Jan. 25 Mamasapano, Maguindanao massacre, in which 44 Philippine National Police-Special Action Force commandos were killed by the MILF and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, has altered everything.

It is now clear beyond the shadow of a doubt that the basic assumptions underlying the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, signed between the MILF and the Aquino regime, and the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, which seeks to implement it, are flawed; they will promote war rather than peace. Therefore, the BBL must be withdrawn, and the peace process begun all over again.

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