Justice Secretary Leila De Lima on Tuesday expressed optimism that the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front would come to a common position as regards MILF members who would be found responsible for the deaths in Mamasapano incident.
De Lima made the remark after a meeting with MILF chair Al Haj Murad, who reiterated that the peace process didn’t provide for the surrender of MILF members that figured in the “misencounter” that resulted in the deaths of 44 police commandos, 18 MILF fighters and five civilians.
“We can reconcile. I think there is a way of marrying both positions, but I’m adding to that, without prejudice also to the application of the penal processes,” De Lima told reporters.
Murad said the results of the MILF investigation would be ready “by next week.”
“Meron lang mga gaps na hindi pa masyadong clear,” Murad told reporters. —NB, GMA News
