There has been an ongoing war in Mindanao where the mining firms actually are and have been for a long period of time, way back to the 1960s. That is an issue of the right to self-determination of the Moro people, who believe—and I would agree with the Moro people—that they were discriminated against by the central government for a long period of time.
The recent peace framework by the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is something that we have to study ourselves. We want to find out whether or not it genuinely gives the right to self-determination to the Moro people and is not another peace agreement concocted between two groups that will not amount to anything.
In Bayan Muna, we've always been very supportive of any attempts at peace. I think a genuine and lasting peace in our country would do much in helping to alleviate poverty in the country, as long as it's genuine and lasting and, of course, based on justice. I think we would encourage any attempts and efforts to find that elusive peace in our country.