Women reject calls for PNoy resignation

Women peace groups have said the call for the resignation of President Benigno Aquino will not solve the current problems of the Philippines, especially Mindanao.
In a press conference Friday in Davao City, Mindanao Commission on Women founding chair Irene Santiago said she would rather ask the President for accountability on the recent problems in Mindanao than ask him to resign.
“I don’t think (the president should resign),” she said. “His resignation is not going to solve the problem we have.”
“But whether we should ask for accountability? I think that is proper,” she added.
Meanwhile, Miriam College’s Executive Director for Women and Gender Institute Professor Aurora de Dios said their peace agenda goes beyond the President.
“Kahit sinong president may obligasyon na itaguyod ang kapayapaan. It just so happens that it is President Aquino ang nag initiate nito,” she said.
De Dios said the peace negotiations goes beyond the question of the President and should be pushed to the end.
“The question is not the President but what do we do with the peace process,” she said.
Anak Mindanao (AMIN) Rep. Sitti Djalia Hataman said even without the call for resignation of the President, the concerns regarding the BBL can still be addressed. Funny Pearl A. Gajunera