Malaysian-led peace monitors have found that both the Philippine police and Muslim rebels were at fault for violating a ceasefire in a January clash in which 65 people were killed, the government's chief negotiator said on Monday. Forty-four police commandos, 17 rebels and four civilians were killed in the Jan. 25 clash that has put at risk a peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front after lawmakers suspended work on a law creating an autonomous area for Muslims. The bungled police operation has also become President Benigno Aquino's biggest political crisis with opinion polls showing sliding popularity ratings over his handling of the affair. "Both sides appeared to have accountability," government negotiator Miriam Ferrer told reporters a day after the 60-member International Monitoring Team (IMT) reported its findings on truce violations.
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