Like his father former President Erap Estrada, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is a staunch advocate in wiping out the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) thru an all-out war.
The senator was in town yesterday and met with a handful of reporters last night at the Miravilla Restaurant.
The young Estrada was reacting to a question about the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain between the MILF and the Philippine government.
Jinggoy said if only Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo follow the tack of former Pres. Erap there would have been no MILF creating trouble in Mindanao today.
During Erap's presidency, the former chief executive unleased a mailed-fist policy against the MILF resulting in the capture of many rebel camps including its main headquarters Camp Abubakar.
It was different during GMA's time, Jinggoy retorted.
Instead of declaring an all-out war against the rebels, GMA coddled them and talked peace.
In the guise of seeking peace with the MILF, what the GMA administration got was the outbreak of violence in several Mindanao provinces resulting in the deaths of scores of civilians and the evacuation of thousands.
In his brief sortie in this city last night. Sen. Jinggoy also met with several first district mayors led by City Mayor Dan Neri Lim. Other first district mayors in attendance were Mayors Jose Ugdoracion, Jr. of Albur, Jasmin Balistoy of Cortes and Vito Rapal of Corella. City Kagawads Danilo Bantugan, Oscar Glovasa, Edi Borja and Faro Cabalit also attended the affair.
The senator was in town yesterday and met with a handful of reporters last night at the Miravilla Restaurant.
The young Estrada was reacting to a question about the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain between the MILF and the Philippine government.
Jinggoy said if only Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo follow the tack of former Pres. Erap there would have been no MILF creating trouble in Mindanao today.
During Erap's presidency, the former chief executive unleased a mailed-fist policy against the MILF resulting in the capture of many rebel camps including its main headquarters Camp Abubakar.
It was different during GMA's time, Jinggoy retorted.
Instead of declaring an all-out war against the rebels, GMA coddled them and talked peace.
In the guise of seeking peace with the MILF, what the GMA administration got was the outbreak of violence in several Mindanao provinces resulting in the deaths of scores of civilians and the evacuation of thousands.
In his brief sortie in this city last night. Sen. Jinggoy also met with several first district mayors led by City Mayor Dan Neri Lim. Other first district mayors in attendance were Mayors Jose Ugdoracion, Jr. of Albur, Jasmin Balistoy of Cortes and Vito Rapal of Corella. City Kagawads Danilo Bantugan, Oscar Glovasa, Edi Borja and Faro Cabalit also attended the affair.
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