MILF wants new chairman for gov't peace implementing panelCOTABATO CITY, Philippines — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has temporarily suspended, since March 12, the supposedly sustained connectivity of its peace implementing panel with its counterpart in the government, whose chairperson resigned last January. The chairman of the MILF’s central committee, Ahod Ebrahim, said on Tuesday that they are saddened by the government’s peace implementing panel being bereft now of a chairperson since the resignation from the post of the retired Army Gen. Cesar Yano in January. “The absence of an empowered and functioning government peace implementing panel due to the resignation of its chairman has left a gaping hole in the implementation of the (government-MILF) peace agreement,” Ebrahim said. "The MILF is hoping for the prompt designation (by President Marcos) of a chairman for the government peace implementing panel so that the shared work of complementing the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro may proceed with clarity, certainty and renewed momentum,” Ebrahim said. We want a new chairperson for the government's peace implementing panel," Macacua told reporters on Tuesday.

Source: Philippine Star March 17, 2026 11:41 UTC