A statement issued by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) said government panel member Jurgette Honculada and NDF panel vice chair Fidel Agcaoili both agreed that agreement is the 'meat of the peace agreement.'
It is one of three key agreements remaining on the agenda that both parties seek to complete within a period of 18 months to three years. The other two include the Agreement on Political and Constitutional Reform, and draft treaty on end of hostilities and disposition of forces.
'It (Agreement on the Socio-Economic Reforms) is intended to address strategic and critical issues that are conflict drivers,' Honculada said, 'We're talking peace but if there's no development, no justice, we are like a noisy gong and a clanging cymbal.'"
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