The Peace Process in the Mindanao Conflict: Its Dynamics and Prospects

Nugraha, Aryanta and Fanani, Ahmad Fuad (2012) The Peace Process in the Mindanao Conflict: Its Dynamics and Prospects. Jurnal Studi Diplomasi dan Keamanan, 4 (4). pp. 59-68. ISSN 2085-7853

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Abstract

Mindanao conflict in the Southern Philippines has been categorized as the second-oldest conflict. This conflict is not only caused by different interest between Muslims and Christians, but also related with the issue of land, agrarian justice, and global economic integration. The questions pose in this paper are why the peace process in Mindanao failed? What are the agendas that should be considered to create sustainable peace in Mindanao? Actually, both of Muslim groups in Mindanao and the Philippines government have tried to make peace negotiations. The peace talks which were facilitated by the international institutions resulted in signing the peace agreement in 1976, 1989, and 1996. Unfortunately, the three-peace agreement failed to end the conflict. There were no single factors that caused the failure of the peace agreement. In general, these factors were: the rejection from other Muslim groups excludes the MNLF such as the MILF and the ASG, the protests from Christians who did not include in peace negotiations, different interpretation about the autonomous region between the government and the Muslims groups, and the absence of the issue of land in the negotiations. In order to gain a just and sustainable peace in the Mindanao conflict, the partnership between civil society and the government should be considered as
the urgent agenda. An interactive state/society institutional framework by issuing the program such as land redistribution and agrarian reform are very crucial in peace building. Besides that, the involvement of civil society in the future peace agreement is very useful to reduce the influence of “conflict entrepreneurs” which often attracted people by provoking with sensitive issues.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	MSi,PhD ARYANTA NUGRAHA
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2023 02:55
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2023 02:55
URI:	http://eprints.upnyk.ac.id/id/eprint/34341

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