MILF recruiting new members in Basilan?

From the Philippine Star (Nov 8): MILF recruiting new members in Basilan?

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was reportedly conducting mass recruitment of young members in Basilan province, luring them with the possibility of joining the police and military, a town official said. Under the framework agreement that the government and the MILF signed las month, MILF members might be allowed to join the police and the military. An executive of Akbar town, who asked not to be named for security reasons, said residents are enthusiastically applying for MILF membership. According to the official, some commanders of the MILF in Akbar town have distributed biodata sheets to the prospective young recruits, who came from other municipalities and are gathering in the town. “They were promised of being integrated into the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), [as MILF commanders] cited that it was part of the framework agreement that was signed by the MILF and the government recently,” the source added. Lt. Col. Randolf Cabangbang, spokesman of Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), said they were checking the reported mass recruitment of young members in Basilan. The provincial government was alarmed by disinformation about the framework agreement and urged the MILF commanders to attend the information campaign on the framework agreement on November 24 in Isabela City, Basilan. David Malcampo, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi (BASULTA) info-center manager of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), said they are holding the information campaign to educate the people about the framework agreement and to clear doubts about the peace deal among people in the province. He said they have invited the MILF from Central Mindanao and the representatives of the GPH panel or from Office of the Presidential Adviser of the Peace Process (OPAPP) to attend the event.

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