When war ends, a logical consequence of the CAB, will pave the way for the unhampered flow of capital in Mindanao. Rephrasing Prof. Banzon, the current peace agreement will provide “the legal cover for the entry of capital—both domestic and foreign and both commercial and philanthropic—to facilitate the integration of an otherwise untapped region into the global neoliberal world economic order.” The fundamental problem of the ordinary Moro people—the very conditions, created by the long history of the Philippines being a US neo-colony, were never part of the peace agenda nor of the new comprehensive peace agreement.
Sinyal na ang pagkakalagay kay Aquino sa pabalat ng TIME MAGAZINE (at ang kaakibat na pagiging paksa ng cover story) sa huling bahagi ng campaign period na siya na ang “binasbasan” ng US na hahalili kay GMA. Ito ay matapos tiyakin ng US ang komitment ni Aquino sa tatlong mahahalagang usapin: Charter Change (magsasagawa ng referendum), Visiting Forces Agreement (magsasagawa ng review habang tuloy-tuloy ang pag-iral ng war games sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Pilipinas) at pagpapatuloy ng presensya ng US troops sa Mindanao na sumusuhay sa pang-ekonomya at pangseguridad na layon ng US sa rehiyon.