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Medialdea: Gov’t wants “gentleman’s agreement” with Misuari’s MNLF, not formal peace pact

(Eagle News)—-The government is not looking to ink a written peace agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said on Thursday, Feb. 28. According to Medialdea, what the government wanted was “more of a gentleman’s (agreement).” “Mag-usap na lang tayo dito para magtulungan na lang tayo’,” he said. Medialdea issued the clarification after President Rodrigo Duterte said in a speech on Tuesday, Feb. 26, that he had ordered Interior Secretary Eduardo […]