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Tuesday 18 July 2017
Philippine rebels: Peace pact ‘best antidote’ for extremism

By JIM GOMEZ Government and rebel rep- Islamic Liberation Front law and addressing the ba- Republic of the Philippines
Associated Press resentatives submitted a Vice Chairman Ghazali sic requisites of a good life,” there shall be a Bangsam-
MANILA, Philippines (AP) new draft law to President Jaafar said during the pre- Jaafar said. oro country.”
— The Philippines’ largest Rodrigo Duterte which aims sentation of the proposed Duterte pledged to back The rebels, who dropped
Muslim rebel group said to establish a more power- autonomy bill to Duterte at the bill in Congress as long their secessionist bid in ex-
Monday a peace accord ful Muslim autonomous re- the presidential palace in as it adheres to the Philip- change for broader au-
it’s trying to implement with gion in the country’s south Manila. pine Constitution and pro- tonomy, signed a pact with
the government is under a 2014 peace deal Once established, the au- motes the plight of minority the government to estab-
“the best antidote” for vio- that stalled in Congress un- tonomous government, to Muslims. lish a region with more pow-
lent extremism exemplified der his predecessor. be called Bangsamoro, “I am for this,” Duterte ers and funding for minor-
by a bloody siege of south- “This is the best antidote “would be at the forefront said to applause from of- ity Muslims in the south of
ern Marawi city by Islamic to the violent extremism of keeping public order ficials and the insurgents, the predominantly Roman
State group-aligned mili- that has wrought havoc” in and safety, dispensing jus- who came in business suits. Catholic nation and end a
tants. many Muslim areas, Moro tice within the bounds of “Within the context of the decades-long rebellion.q

Japan says this is a time to raise pressure on North Korea

By EDITH M. LEDERER logue, it’s a time for pres-
Associated Press sure,” he said.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ja- Maruyama explained that
pan called Monday for in- raising pressure now is es-
creased pressure on North sential “in order to be able
Korea, saying this is not a to conduct a serious dia-
time for dialogue. logue” with North Korea
Government spokesman in the future. “Dialogue
Norio Maruyama said North for the sake of dialogue is
Korea reached “a new lev- meaningless,” he stressed.
el” with its latest launch of He reminded Seoul of the
an intercontinental ballistic joint statement issued by
missile as Americans cele- Moon, U.S. President Don-
brated Independence Day ald Trump and Japanese
on July 4. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
The test marked a signifi- after a meeting on the
cant step toward the goal fringes of the G20 summit
of North Korea’s young in Hamburg, Germany, on
leader Kim Jong Un to de- July 6 on a “common un-
velop a missile with a nu- derstanding” on how to
clear warhead capable deal with North Korea
of reaching the United The joint statement com-
States. The ICBM reportedly mits the three leaders to
landed in Japan’s exclu- The sky is overcast at the end of a work day on Monday, July 17, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea, work together to counter
sive economic zone in the where the 105-story pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel is seen in this photograph towering over the threat from North Korea
Sea of Japan, where previ- residential apartments. Japan called Monday for increased pressure on North Korea, saying this and “to apply maximum
ous North Korean ballistic is not a time for dialogue. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) pressure” on Pyongyang
missile launches have also “to change its path, re-
landed. North Korea, indicating for standoff over the North’s of the announcement,” frain from provocative and
Despite condemning the the first time since his in- nuclear and missile pro- but made clear that imme- threatening actions, and
ICBM test, South Korean auguration in May that he grams. diate talks aren’t the ap- take steps necessary to re-
President Moon Jae-in on wants to use dialogue to Maruyama said the Japa- proach it supports. turn to serious denuclear-
Monday offered talks with defuse the international nese government is “aware “This is not a time for dia- ization dialogue.”q

Ranking Chinese leader replaced amid reports of probe

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese up of top party personnel expected to come soon, his successor this year, Lam who is being groomed to
politician once considered before the congress con- said Willy Lam, a long-time said. be the next top leader.
a potential future leader venes, analysts say. observer of China’s elite Sun sits on the party’s “It looks like Xi is building
has been removed as the Citing unidentified sources, politics at the Chinese Uni- 25-member Politburo and himself to be the Mao Ze-
head of the central mega- the South China Morning versity of Hong Kong. had been seen as a can- dong of the 21st century,”
city of Chongqing amid Post reported Monday that “I am sure Sun’s political didate for promotion this Lam said, referring to the
reports he is facing a graft Sun Zhengcai is being in- career is finished,” Lam year to the body’s Stand- party’s founding revolution-
investigation. vestigated by the party’s said. ing Committee, the apex ary, who ruled China for
The move, just ahead of a anti-graft arm. The Central Sun’s removal has added of political power in China. decades until his death in
crucial Communist Party Commission of Discipline fuel to speculation churn- Newly promoted Stand- 1976. Lam said Sun might
congress later this year, is Inspection has not formally ing in recent months that ing Committee members be faulted for not cleaning
a sign of the intensifying announced any probe of Chinese President Xi Jinping would have a shot at suc- up the mess following the
political tussling behind the Sun. could try to seek a third ceeding Xi. The party often downfall of his predeces-
scenes to shape the line- But an official statement is term rather than appoint signals during the congress sor, Bo Xilai, in 2012. q