Peace Process
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has temporarily paused key aspects of its engagement with the national government until a “full-fledged chairman” is appointed to the Government Peace Implementing Panel. MILF Chairman Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim said their panel cannot negotiate with a “headless counterpart.”
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Building on recent watchdog warnings of collapse risks in the BARMM peace process, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao continues its unfinished journey toward stable autonomy. Rooted in decades of conflict from Martial Law-era violence to peace agreements, today's repeated election delays—exacerbated by court rulings and pandemic fallout—threaten to deepen divisions, as experts and local leaders caution.
Presidential Adviser on Peace Carlito Galvez Jr. warned on November 19 of the dangers of further delaying parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), urging interim officials to set an early 2026 schedule to avoid a political vacuum. Former chief peace negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer cautioned that no election in 2026 would mean no decommissioning of weapons and combatants, no exit agreement, and much uncertainty. The statements came at a conference in Makati City.
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President Gustavo Petro stated that the rise in violence in Colombia originated from the failure to implement the National Integral Program for the Substitution of Illicit Crops (PNIS) during Iván Duque's government. In a speech, he lamented the deaths of minors in military bombings and criticized the recruitment of children by FARC dissidents. Petro announced he will denounce the dissident leader to the International Criminal Court.