Albani calls on PNoy, MILF for massive consultation with Sultanate, MNLF

From the Zamboanga Today (Jan 21): Albani calls on PNoy, MILF for massive consultation with Sultanate, MNLF

A Muslim freelance businessman is calling President Benigno Aquino III and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for a massive consultation with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Sultanate of Sulu on the issue of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro.

“Sana magakaroon ng massive consultation, meaning we will reconcile dapat i-consult nila ang MNLF at Sultanate (Sulu)... ngayon nakikita natin tapos na ang pirmahan bago consultation... eh...baligtad,” Shariff Ibrahim Albani, chairman of the Unity for Revival Foundation, Inc., said.

Albani was one of the resource speakers during yesterday’s forum on Peace Advocacy on Framework Agreement held at Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) gymnasium, with the theme “Bridging the Unity of Bangsamoro and Roadmap Solution to Mindanao Problem.”

Other speakers in the forum were representatives of MILF and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), International Monitoring Team (IMT), leaders of Silsilah Dialogue Movement and Peace Advocates Zamboanga (PAZ), officials of the city government, AFP and PNP as well as leaders of Muslim and Christian religious and human rights groups.

Albani said: “Ang tunay na solution para sa problema ng ating bansa, kailangan bawat leader ng MILF, government alam niya ang tunay na kasaysayan ng bansa kapag hindi niya alam ang tunay na kasaysayan ng bansa hindi rin nila alam ang tunay na kasagutan sa problema na hinaharap ng ating bansa.”

“Ano ba ang gagawin natin dito? Ang gagawin natin kailangan magkaisa ang Muslims, Christians at mga katutubo sapagkat ito lamang ang tunay na kasagutan sa pagbabago at kapayapaan ng ating bansa,” Albani stressed.

Albani said he is hopeful that the MILF together with the GPH and the government under President Aquino should have a massive consultation with the MNLF and the Sultanate of Sulu, “upang mabuo.. in short, kinakailangan bawat isa mag give way hindi lahat ng tao ay maging leader kailangan mayron isa sa Sultanate at sa MNLF.”

“Sana ang presidente hindi lang isa ang i-recognize niya, dapat i-reconcile niya lahat kung talagang gusto niyang magkaroon ng lasting peace and unity dito sa bansa natin... we should recognize the MNLF, we should recognize the Sultanate. Titingnan nila, kung hindi ito maayos ito ang pinakamalaki na conflict in the future.”

“Nakikita ko na there will be a blood bath because of that power and interest. Pangalawa, sa batas ang Sultanate mayron siyang tinatawag na sovereignity, souvereign rights, may title siya ang MNLF at MILF walang bahay, ngayon i-usurpate mo ang territorial boundary nila there will be a big conflict in the future,” Albani further said.

Albani, meantime, said there is a need for creartion of so-called committee of experts, composed of economies, who can turn nothing into something. “If the MILF relies only with the Internal Revenue of the Republic of the Philippines, malaki ang magiging problema diyan.”

He concluded that the best way to realize a final resolution of the decades old conflict in Mindanao through the Bangsamoro framework pact is to get the support of the Sultanate, MNLF, the indigenous people and all the stakeholders.

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