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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has asked Governor Zaldy Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and his father, Maguindanao Governor Datu Andal Ampatuan, to find ways to broach with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) a possible resumption of peace talks with the government.

Pike Mentang, speaker of the ARMM’s Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA), told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that Arroyo would be in this city Saturday to talk with military officials and to reiterate her directive to the Ampatuans.

Mentang, the third highest-ranking official of the ARMM, said he learned that the Ampatuans were keen on linking with the MILF in the hope of reviving peace talks, which stalled over the issue of ancestral domain.

“They are open to a peace dialogue with the MILF hierarchy anytime,” he said. - Inquirer.net