With an 8-7 vote, the Supreme Court earlier today declares the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) unconstitutional. The seven justices who dissented only stated that the issue is moot as the government has pledged not to sign the agreement anymore.

While this seals the coffin of the MOA-AD and the legal issues surrounding it, it fails to accomplish what is really needed: that is, the end of the Mindanao conflict. Unfortunately, with elements in both the MILF and the Philippine government determined at having their way or the highway, it is unclear where or when the journey to peace in Mindanao will end.

Certainly, the question becomes: quo vadis? Where to? Now what?

It does not appear if anyone has a real plan whilst innocent civilians and valiant soldiers from both sides continue to suffer and die. This issue is too important to merely be forgotten in the midst of our political charades.

All of this must end, somehow.

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