The Standard - 2016 July 3 - Sunday

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VOL. XXX NO. 141 3 Sections 24 Pages P18 SUNDAY : JULY 3, 2016 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph

CHA-CHA BY WAY OF CON-CON SOUGHT

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MORO DEALS UP FOR UNIFICATION Dureza: New law must be consistent with reforms

By John Paolo Bencito

THE new administration is looking at the possibility of crafting a new law consolidating the peace agreements forged with Moro separatist rebels to make them more consistent with planned constitutional reforms, the top government peace negotiator said Saturday. “We are committed to these peace agreements that have been signed but they have to be consistent with the planned constitutional and legal reforms we will implement,” presidential peace process adviser Secretary Jesus Dureza said in an interview with state radio dzRB. “[President Rodrigo Duterte] has said we will implement all peace agreements. That includes the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro that we signed with the [Moro Islamic Liberation Front] and the 1996 Final Peace Agreement that we signed with the Moro National Liberation Front,” he said. “We will also look at the other Moro leaders that have to be considered,” Dureza said, adding that while the Moro separatist movement has many factions, they decided to come together at the start of the Duterte administration. “The President was glad the leaderships of different Bangsamoro groups came and expressed to him their willingness to come together and unify,” he added. “So what is emerging is that we will have one law that we will try and converge on, but what is really important is that our Moro brothCHANGE OF COMMAND. Armed Forces chief Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya (seated) witnesses the change of command of the Presidential Security Group from ers get together as one,” Dureza Rear Admiral Raul Ubando (right) to Lt. Gen. Joselito Bautista during ceremonies held at the PSG headquarters in Manila. Story on A3. MALACAÑANG PHOTO

SWISS MISS MAKES AN IMPACT

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Visaya vows relentless campaign vs terror By John Paolo Bencito NEW Armed Forces of the Philippines chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya vowed to focus unrelenting pressure against the Abu Sayyaf Group and its allied terrorist cells as troops recovered the body of the Canadian man the group beheaded last June 13.

“We will be unrelenting in our focused military operations against terrorist groups like the ASG and all its allied terrorist cells,” Visaya said as elements of Joint Task Group Sulu found the body of slain Canadian Robert Hall around 11:35 a.m. in Talipao, Sulu. “We will realign military resources to their identified bailiwicks and

sanctuaries and apply our military strength to suppress them, hunt them down and finish them,” Visaya stressed. “We will continue to apply the full force of the law 24/7 to go after these criminals and profit-seeking elements who operate under the guise of religious fervor and holy war,” he added. Next page


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