“PADAYON, KALILINTAD!”
(This position paper was sent and being circulated in email from our colleagues in Mindanao). POSITION PAPER “PADAYON, KALILINTAD!” A CALL FOR PEACE AND HUMANITARIAN PROTECTION The present conflict between the Government of the Republic of Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has displaced more than 700,000 innocent people who continue to suffer in misery, hunger and unsecured lives. The conflict has left millions of people in emotional distress and uncertainty, and has caused damage to properties, structure, investments and previous efforts of communities to rebuild a broken land. It is a cycle of war and continuous armed conflict which threatens to rip apart our families and communities that we want to STOP NOW! Hear the VOICES of our women and men, our TRIBE, our PEOPLE, our CHILDREN. RESUME PEACE TALKS AND PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS! We are a community-based alliance of peace advoca...