Peace Scoops: Ateneo peace and security forum with Marvic Leonen

PEEK into the peace and security forum organized by the Department of Political Science of the Ateneo de Manila University, held Tuesday at Leong Hall.

See how Atty. Marvic Leonen, government peace panel chair for MILF negotiations; and AFP's MGen. Emmanuel Bautista and Gen. Raymundo Ferrer interacted with Ateneo students

An OPAPP news release reported the details of the forum:
Leonen presented an overview of the Moro conflict, giving the students prospects and parameters of the peace talks with the MILF, as well as contentious issues in the dialogue.
Ferrer and Bautista, in their respective speeches, oriented the students on the situation on the ground, as well as on the critical shifts on strategies of the AFP and the security sector.
“We should win peace, not defeat the enemy,” Bautista stated.
 Read more, view photos from the forum, and enjoy some peace scoops!



CHAT AT START. Forum Convener Jennifer Santiago-Oreta (far left) chats with forum panelists Atty. Leonen (2nd from left), MGen. Bautista (middle), and Gen. Ferrer (far right) right before the symposium starts.
ABSORBED INTO PEACE. Ateneo college students listen attentively as Atty. Marvic Leonen delivers his talk on "the prospects and parameters of the peace talks with the MILF."
CHAIR SHARE. The chair of the government peace panel for MILF peace talks shares his thoughts as some students ask questions on peace and security.

FROM THE GENERAL. Political science students take in elaborations on security sector reform right from the AFP Chief of Western Mindanao Command, Gen. Raymundo Ferrer.
 
CASUAL GENERAL. Major Gen. Emmanuel Bautista casually answers questions from a student after the forum ended.


Read the full news about the forum here.

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