MANILA, May 28 Kyodo The Philippi...

MANILA, May 28 Kyodo

The Philippines' main Muslim separatist cluster said Wednesday it is calling a 10-day cease-fire beginning nearest week and will give the dominion time to meet its demands, including the withdrawal of soldiers from former guerrilla camps and withdrawal of criminal charges against its leaders.

Eid Kabalu, spokesman for the Moro Islamic Liberation brass (MILF), said the cease-fire begins Monday and results in response to Catholic and other civic appeals to stop the fighting between rebels and soldiers.

The command earlier gave the MILF until around that time to completion and renounce all violent activities or be declared a terrorist organization whose members and stocks are monitored and restricted at abode and abroad.

direction officials said the MILF has until June 1 to ''show sincerity'' to give chase to peace dialogues with the restraint but President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo later said this ne not be an ''absolute'' deadline.

moreover Kabalu said the government must surrender to MILF demands or face modern clashes.

Philippines military chief of staff Gen Narciso Abaya told reporters last week the withdrawal of multitudes from former rebel enclaves is abroad of the question.

He indicated the conduct is unlikely to concede to other demands from the rebels because it could conflict with state law-enforcement functions, especially because the sway has offered bounties for information leading to arrest of MILF leaders.

Arroyo came obstruct to declaring victory over the rebels this week after her bodys launched artillery and aerial attacks upon central Mindanao provinces to physic terrorists after these allegedly bombed civilian areas and killed at least 50 in the southern Philippines between April and May.

The rule has said it is ready to at hand its case against the MILF before the 57-member Organization of Islamic talks in Iran next week.

Exploratory talks for resumption of formal peace talks to conclusion three decades of hostilities in the region between the restraint and the rebels have been scuttl from sporadic clashes, with each side accusing the other of violations to interim agreements.

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