DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 July) – Peace advocates launched here Tuesday the “Principles for Peace” (P4P), an initiative that seeks to set a “new mechanism, standards and metrics to […]
Peace advocates launch the “Principles for Peace” at the Waterfront Insular Hotel on Tuesday, 11 July 2023, in Davao City. Among the dignitaries in attendance are Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and Mohagher Iqbal, MILF Peace Implementing Panel chair. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
She added that the principles would not only serve as a “common ground to break barriers” so that the stakeholders could act together, converge and sustain peace, but also provide some opportunity to catalyze shared understanding and language that transcends political and social divides. It also enshrined subsidiarity as a principle, which means peace process should be “local as possible and global as necessary,” and promotion of pluralism by ensuring fair and equal participation in public life and providing equitable access to institutions and services across communal, political, social, economic and gender divides.
“No one can argue against the importance of these values. These values, however, are frames and ideals, and experience shows that it is more challenging to uphold them perfectly in practice because of competing values and priorities,” he said. “This denial of dignity has been ongoing for hundreds of years and continues today. Our revolutionary struggle is a claim to our birth right to dignity to be treated as a people who are valuable, important and an equal to the Filipino,” he said.
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