MILF has investigated renegade commanders who burned villages, set off bombs and murdered civilians

The MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) has investigated terrorist activity by it's own commanders after the last Peace Talks and the Memorandum Of Agreement on Ancestral Domain broke down with no Peace Agreement. Both Muslim and Christian communities were ravaged with houses burned, multiple IED's and Bombs and innocents (including children) shot or hacked to death or badly wounded. 500,000 civilians have been evacuated since August 2008.

The MILF, one side of the PEACE negotiations with the Philippine Government, has refused to disclose the details of their own probe into the lawless rebels in the MILF. If the MILF were to bring these lawless elements out into the light of day for all to see their own judgment then it would speak highly of the MILF sincerity in working toward PEACE in the Southern Philippines. The MILF previously indicated (probably true as reported by many) that these rogue lawless MILF leaders would be tried in their own MILF military court and held responsible.

Many have stated that it is important to decommmission high-powered firearms and to begin the dismantling of non-authorized armies so that only the PNP (Police) , the Armed Forces of the Philippines and authorized civilians (CAFGU) are providing protection of peace and order in the area. The well-organized MILF army can be rehabilitated in the generous rehabilitation program in the conflict affected areas. Is this possible?

It is hard to imagine that a real PEACE Agreement can be reached with secrets kept by the MILF about the leaders of terrorist activity in the MILF and a continuation or even escalation of MILF rebellion and harm to civilians (Recent on Basilan) at the same time as agreement is being worked on by legitimate PEACE seekers of the MILF and the Philippine government.