Wednesday, November 14, 2012

MILF: MILF to send powerhouse delegation to OIC meeting in Djibouti

From the MILF Website (Nov 14): MILF to send powerhouse delegation to OIC meeting in Djibouti

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is sending a powerhouse delegation to the 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Affairs Ministers (CFAM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Nov. 15 to 17 in Djibouti, East Africa....  A source in the MILF Secretariat told Luwaran that the delegation is already on the way to Djibouti and will be expected to land there today or had already landed yesterday. The MILF, the source added, has received an OIC invitation to attend the OIC-CFAM, where the "question of Muslims in Southern Philippines" has been a feature since the mid-1970s. However, the source did not identify the head of the MILF delegation, but disclosed that two members of the MILF Peace Panel, Atty. Michael Mastura and Roberto “Maulana” Alonto, are part of the five-man MILF delegation. But another source disclosed that it can be 1st Vice Chairnan Ghazali Jaafar or 2nd Vice Chairman Ali Pangalian, will lead the delegation. The OIC invitation to the MILF came on the heels of the signing in Manila on Oct. 15 of the Framework Agreement (FA) by the Philippine Government and the MILF, which sets the parameter of the “totality of relationship between the larger state and the Bangsamoro people....

http://www.luwaran.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2932:milf-to-send-powerhouse-delegation-to-oic-meeting-in-djibouti&catid=31:general&Itemid=41

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