MILF: MILF to name TC members soon

From the MILF Website (Dec 24): MILF to name TC members soon

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), in a plenary session yesterday, has started to select from the short list in made earlier its nominees to the 15-man Transition Commission (TC) which, among other functions, will write the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Government. This was disclosed to Luwaran today by Muhammad Ameen, chairperson of the MILF Secretariat, who said that the process was so strict and meticulous that each nominee has to get 100% concurrence, or at least no dissenting view, from all the members present before he or she is selected. Any dissenting view means an automatic disqualification of the nominee. He explained that each nominee has two prerequisite qualifications namely, loyalty and dedication to the Bangsamoro cause and capability to discharge the assigned task.

The MILF normally decides by selection and by concurrence of the leadership. Secret balloting or raising of hands or division of the house rule to elect someone into any office or to make decision is rarely followed, which is being viewed as divisive, confrontational, and adversarial. The MILF Central Committee has about 70 members but during regular meeting only regular members thereof are required to attend. However, when major issues like the vacancy in the office of the chairman or a major policy shift occurs all other members of the MILF central leadership, as well as sectoral leaders of Moro society, are invited to attend to participate in the formulation of decisions.

Ameen disclosed that most of the nominees to the TC by the MILF have been named already including one woman, one member of the indigenous people (IP), one aleem (learned in Islam), and one senior military leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF). He said that one or two are yet to be named within three days from now.

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