The former chairman of the government panel who signed the agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on the handling of wanted criminals hiding in identified MILF enclaves yesterday said “coordination” was not required when government security forces were after “high value targets” like Malaysian bomb maker Zulkifli bin Hir, alias “Marwan.”

In an article posted in his Facebook page early Tuesday night, former In an article posted in his Facebook page early Tuesday night, former Press Secretary and GPH Peace Panel Chairman Jesus Dureza said, “In fairness to the SAF operations (against Marwan), the ceasefire agreement and the implementing guidelines between the GRP & MILF clearly never required prior coordination in operations against high value, priority targets.”

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