MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim Moro students, workers in Cairo Hundreds of Moro students and overseas workers in Cairo, Egypt organized a forum on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) last February 4 where no less than MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim was the guest of honor. The Moro society in Cairo sponsored said forum.
Chairman Murad and two other MILF officials were in Cairo to attend the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit held on February 2-7.
“The FAB is a road map to establish our own government, the Bangsamoro government,” Chairman Murad said.
He said the Bangsamoro people must be thankful to Allah for it is one of the fruit of their struggle in more than four decades of continuous struggle and this be preserved, saying the payment is the blood of our martyrs and fellow strivers (mujahideen) who sacrificed their lives in order to regain our identity, rights, and freedom.
He said the FAB is the first agreement which was supported by the international community, such members of the European Union, the United States, Japan, Islamic world, and the United Nations.
On the issue of annexes, Chairman Murad disclosed that the remaining issues of the four Annexes (power-sharing, wealth-sharing, transitional arrangement and modalities, normalisation) might be finished by next round of the talks so that the signing of comprehensive agreement will follow immediately.
On his part, Ustadz Muhammad Shuwaib Ya’acob, Executive Director of the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA), has urged the participants to acquire more knowledge and skills in order to face the challenges ahead.
Meanwhile, MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari also attended the summit but he didn’t sit in the meeting with the MILF delegation for reason still not known.
One of the Moros, an official of the Society, denied what was have been posted in Misuari’s Facebook that ‘all’ students & workers in Cairo attended the meeting called by Misuari, saying only about 30 attended.
He also advised Misuari not to implant the culture of ‘hate and aversion’ among the Moros, citing his bitter criticism against Chairman Murad.
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