Palace hopeful SC will uphold peace deal
MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang has expressed confidence that the Supreme Court (SC) will uphold the constitutionality of the framework agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
“We are confident that it will pass constitutional scrutiny,” deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte told a news briefing in reaction to two petitions filed before the SC to nullify the agreement.
“The framework agreement was crafted with the SC decision on the MOA-AD (memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain) in mind,” she said.
Valte said former chief government negotiator now SC associate justice Marvic Leonen has always been “mindful of the mistakes of the past.”
Elly Pamatong and his group called International Ministries for Perfect and Party Against Communism and Terrorism Inc., along with Vicente Libradores Aquino and Mercidita Redoble, filed a petition before the SC to nullify the framework agreement.
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