In my Eagle Eyes column today, on the peace negotiations with the MILF, I suggest: "To offset the substantive difficulties encountered in the negotiations, ingenious measures need be adopted to expedite the process and meet deadlines without necessarily transgressing the limits of the Constitution. There must be closer coordination, extensive use of backchannels, utilization of “multi-task” approaches, more assiduous and diligent effort to accomplish assigned tasks, decisive action and avoiding acts/statements that can be perceived as ambivalent, dilly-dallying, or statements that foment distrust and suspicion. Most of all, what is needed is a large ounce of patience and trust. To avoid further confusion and misperception, clear cut and unequivocal negotiation procedures must be put in place particularly on matters involving alterations to an initial draft, conduct of reviews and finality of document, among others."
Posted on: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 23:45:27 +0000
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