I am saddened by the fact that those who have the most responsibility to mitigate with reason and words the entire width and breadth of this conflict have fallen short of it, allowing it to gain from our nations the initiative we have initially possessed.
For it now stares us in the face like a bottomless, shapeless, undefined thirst.
Both the Philippine and Malaysian governments have a responsibility now to regain this initiative and stop the violence in Sabah: Is peace not thy sworn duty to uphold before thy nations?
Peace left undefended slips easily away. But peace defended to excess turns to ashes.
Stop the violence in Sabah in order to pave the way for the creation of the necessary conditions that would decisively favor negotiations that does not - and no longer will - involve bloodshed.
This is what is important now -
Stop the violence in Sabah now.
Let us speak out against the violence, violence against Filipinos and Malaysians alike!
Let us be resolute in our clamor that any course of action that involves violence as a means will not work to avail - for any of us - a meaningful, long term solution to the issue at hand, indeed it will only feed the hunger that relentlessly seeks to devour the life and the promise of both our nations.
For peace is the true craft of our nations!
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For it now stares us in the face like a bottomless, shapeless, undefined thirst.
Both the Philippine and Malaysian governments have a responsibility now to regain this initiative and stop the violence in Sabah: Is peace not thy sworn duty to uphold before thy nations?
Peace left undefended slips easily away. But peace defended to excess turns to ashes.
Stop the violence in Sabah in order to pave the way for the creation of the necessary conditions that would decisively favor negotiations that does not - and no longer will - involve bloodshed.
This is what is important now -
Stop the violence in Sabah now.
Let us speak out against the violence, violence against Filipinos and Malaysians alike!
Let us be resolute in our clamor that any course of action that involves violence as a means will not work to avail - for any of us - a meaningful, long term solution to the issue at hand, indeed it will only feed the hunger that relentlessly seeks to devour the life and the promise of both our nations.
For peace is the true craft of our nations!
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