THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front should thoroughly account for their weapons and members to make it easier to implement the ongoing truce with the government, National Security Adviser Norbeto Gonzales told The Manila Times. | I'm sure they'll get right on it. |
In a roundtable discussion with The Times on Thursday, Gonzales said he had already informed the government during the meeting of the Cabinet Oversight Committee on Internal Security last week on the importance of having a comprehensive list of MILF weapons and members. "Right now we can say that the cease-fire with the MILF is really holding and it's a good thing for the peace process. The setting up of the joint monitoring team has done good things in preventing unnecessary confrontation between our soldiers and the MILF," Gonzales said. | It's also preventing necessary confrontation, G. |
A strict inventory of MILF weapons would help the police and military establish which of these are being used for criminal activities by wayward MILF fighters. | We'll take "all of them" for $200, Alex. |
More so, the government should be provided a list of all MILF members for counter-checking purposes. "I already asked Malaysia to be the third party just in case the MILF doesn't trust the government with such a list of their weapons and members and Malaysia said they are open to the idea," Gonzales said. "We have to know all the members of the MILF so that we can check if ever we arrest people engaged in criminal activities. The government must know whether these people are real MILF members or not." |