Tripartite meeting futile - MNLF

From the Philippine Star (Oct 30): Tripartite meeting futile - MNLF

Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari and an allied Moro leader are no longer keen of sitting for a tripartite meeting with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to thresh out the 1996 final peace agreement branded by the Aquino administration as a “failed experiment.” Habib Mujahab Hashim, chairman of the Islamic Command Council of the MNLF said he met with Misuari and discussed matters of “mutual concerns” regarding the framework agreement of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and government, a deal which they perceived will nullify the accord they have with the government. Hashim said he and Misuari discussed the framework agreement and its repercussion on the 1996 MNLF-GPH final peace agreement forged during President Fidel Ramos' administration. The MNLF official said their position now differs from the OIC to thresh out the difficult provisions for the full implementation of the 1996 final peace accord while at the same time seeking for the unification of the MNLF and MILF aimed at enhancing the development of the Bangsamoro people in southern Philippines.... Hashim said while Misuari agrees to the resumption of the tripartite talks, "we see no point in doing it" after the Aquino administration declared the ARMM, a creation of the 1996 accord, as a failure. “To resume tripartite talks between MNLF-GPH-OIC will be an exercise in futility because GPH has already declared ARMM a failed exercise,” Hashim added....

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