Government hopes for MNLF-MILF alliance to fully attain peace in Mindanao --Leonen

From the Philippine News Agency (Oct 9): Government hopes for MNLF-MILF alliance to fully attain peace in Mindanao --Leonen

In view of the forging of a framework peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Philippine government is hoping that the MILF will have an alliance with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Dean Marvic Leonen, chairman of the government peace panel, said in an interview that the MNLF, which signed the Tripoli Agreement in 1976 with the Philippine government, is a political organization, while the MILF is a Moro rebel group. "The MNLF is a political organization and it depends on the MILF if it wants to build alliances with the MNLF and we're hoping that they do," he said. The MNLF headed by Nur Misuari earlier denounced the Framework Agreement, saying it is tantamount to abandoning the Tripoli Agreement and the Final Peace Agreement....

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