Government-MILF deal ‘is most assailed’ in America

KEEPING ATTUNED. Filipinos in the US, especially those who come from the Visayas and Mindanao, are seriously keeping themselves attuned to the developments in Mindanao because of the controversial Government-MILF deal on the granting of autonomy to the Bangsamoro over certain areas in Muslim Mindanao.

A Cebuano mediaman in California told The Ear, via the Internet, that the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity agreement “is the most assailed move ever made by the Arroyo government.”

He said a survey made by a Vis-Min association showed “not one Mindanaoan has come up in favor of this deal.”

A CHRISTIAN LEADER’S QUERY. A leader of an “armed Christian group” in Mindanao has taken umbrage at the query of a peace panel official (government side), asking if the Christians’ who have armed themselves have secured firearm permits from the government.

The Christian leader asked: “Are the MILF’s firearms licensed?”