PEACETALK | The Unfinished Work of Peace: Democratic Leadership, Governance, and the Pursuit of Inclusive Peace of the Aquino Administration

PEACETALK | The Unfinished Work of Peace: Democratic Leadership, Governance, and the Pursuit of Inclusive Peace of the Aquino Administration

(Presented at the 2nd President Benigno Simeon Aquino III Memorial Lecture on Leadership and Democratic Governance on 18 June 2026 at the Ateneo de Manila University. The work for peace continues with the resumption of meetings of the Peace Implementing Panels following the July 15 appointment of Presidential Peace Adviser Mel Senen Sarmiento as concurrent chair of the government panel, an appointment welcomed by the Moro Islamic Liberation Fron…