Kaban ni D_BystandeR: MANGINAHANGLAN UG IKATULO'NG PARTIDO ANG SABAH???

To prevent further bloodshed, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago suggested the conduct of a third-party inquiry on the Sabah violence that stemmed from Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's land claim on Sabah in North Borneo.  Santiago, in her keynote speech at the Manila Hotel, said the Philippines and Malaysia should agree to appoint a third-party to conduct under international law "inquiry and fact-finding" on the recent spate of violence between armed Kiram followers, who landed in Sabah early in February, and Malaysian security forces.  If necessary, she said she will file a resolution "Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Philippine President should invite Malaysia to agree on a third-party who shall conduct an inquiry and fact-finding on the alleged violent acts during the recent Sabah event."  She said, under the 1907 Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of Disputes, the method of inquiry and fact-finding can be used "to facilitate a solution of disputes by  elucidating the fact by means of an impartial and conscientious investigation."  She also cited a 1991 United Nations resolution defining fact-finding as: "any activity designed to obtain detailed knowledge of the relevant facts to any dispute or situation which competent UN organizations need in order to exercise effectively their functions in relation to the maintenance of international peace and order."  "Under international law, impartial fact-finding facilitates peaceful settlement of disputes, particularly settlement by negotiation, mediation, good offices, or conciliation." she said.  Santiago said the UN and other international groups used this method in the 1981 involvement of mercenaries in an invasion of the Seychelles; the 1987 use of chemical weapons in the Gulf War between Iran and Iraq; and the 1988 destruction of Korean Air Lines Boeng 447. The senator, however, said there is an "unwritten exception" which allows states to protect or rescue their nationals by means of armed forces. However, this exception should not be invoked, unless the Philippines has to carry out rescue operations," she said.  Sulu Sultan Kiram's followers, led by his brother Raja Muda Agbimuddin Kiram, are in Sabah to supposedly reclaim the land for the sultanate. They are being hunted down by Malaysian security forces after the March 1 armed clashes that left dozens dead,  including Malaysian forces. The sultan had offered a unilateral ceasefire, but Malaysia has rejected it and instead insisted on the unconditional surrender of Kiram's followers.  Santiago, for her part, agreed that the deal between  the Sulu Sultanate and British colonialists in 1878 was just to lease Sabah.

"Since no transfer of sovereignty was involved in the 1878 Deed, no transfer  of sovereignty has ever passed to Malaysia," she said.  She added that the  Philippines has never abandoned its claim over Sabah.

Bug-os ang  pasalamat sa KAHAYAG ngadto sa magtatampo nga nagkutlo sa taho gikan sa Yahoo News  nga si JOHNNY LOVE. Nagtakuban siya sa pangalan, "D_BystandeR".  Natawo siya sa Sugbo apan anaa na karon manimuyo sa Illinois sa tinipong nasod sa Amerika. Ang kusog nga koneksyon sa kasayuran pinaagi sa internet kanunayng naghaling sa iyang kadasig  pagtuki sa mga nagbukalbukal nga hisgutanan dinhi sa atong nataran. Usa siya ka magsusulat nga gradwado sa kursong komersiyo padulong sa pagka accountant sa University of San Carlos kaniadtong tuig 1961.  Nahimo siyang miyembro sa usa ka hugpong sa mga batan-ong magsusulat nga gitawag ug STUDENT PRESS.  Nahimo usab siyang   Associate Editor sa basahon  USC-JPIAN sa tuig 1962-63. Magtatampo usab siya isip magsusulat sa nasudnong magasin,  "Philippines Free Press" ug sa mga nag-unang peryodiko dinhi sa dakbayan sa Sugbo sa lunhaw pa ang iyang pangedaron. Nahimo siyang mamumuo sa usa ka pribadong kompaniya sa dakbayan sa Sugbo, ESCANO LINES, sulod sa napulo ug duha (12) ka tuig  dayon niyang tapon  ngadto sa NAPOCOR  ug nahimong kawani sa kagamhanan  sulod sa bayente dos (22) ka tuig. Niadtong tunga-tungang bahin sa tuig 2000, nilalin siya ngadto sa tinipong nasod sa Amerika ug sulod sa napulo (10) ka tuig, nagtrabaho siya sa  buhatan sa kagamhanan sa nasod sama  sa  UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE (USPS).  Karon sa pangedaron nga 68,  gihuptan gihapon niya ang walay pagkutat nga kadasig ug walay busganan nga kaikag sa pagpaambit sa iyang nahuptang abilidad  ug kabatid sa panulat.  Dili niya mapugngan ang kaugalingon sa pagpaambit sa iyang mga hunahuna labi na kon molambigit kini ug hisgotanan nga makadani sa iyang mga mata.)