Philippine government scraps Muslim peace agreement
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![After weeks of deadly clashes Philippine government bows to pressure over peace agreement with Muslim separatist rebels of the Moro Islamic Liberation. [AFP]](http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/img/news/base/phils_peaceagree_afp_190808.jpg?<BR> "After weeks of deadly clashes Philippine government bows to pressure over peace agreement with Muslim separatist rebels of the Moro Islamic Liberation. [AFP]")
After weeks of deadly clashes Philippine government bows to pressure over peace agreement with Muslim separatist rebels of the Moro Islamic Liberation. [AFP]
The Philippine government has scrapped its controversial peace agreement with the country's Muslim minority after two weeks of deadly clashes in the south.
A presidential spokesperson says the cancellation of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain is a painful step, but adds President Gloria Arroyo would seek a new peace deal that would not be opposed by the Christians.
The agreement, signed last month between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation front called for the establishment of a Muslim homeland in the southern island of Mindanao.
Politicians branded it unconstitutional, while Christians living in Mindanao took to the streets in protest branding the agreement as a 'sell out'.
President Arroyo will now seek a new agreement within the boundaries of the constitution.
