Misuari in the country, but not in Zambo area – Gazmin

From InterAksyon (Sep 16): Misuari in the country, but not in Zambo area – Gazmin

Nur Misuari, founding chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), whose forces are in a standoff with the military in Zamboanga City for a week now, is in the country but not in the Zamboanga area, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Monday.

In an interview over dzRH, Gazmin also said the renegade MNLF forces holed up in several barangays in Zamboanga City cannot simply withdraw from the place without consequences for their actions.

“Hindi naman pwedeng ganun lang (It cannot be that way),” he said, noting the lives lost and the properties destroyed.

MNLF forces identified with Misuari tried to take control of Zamboanga City last Monday. They are now engaged in a sporadic firefight with government forces, displacing some 70,000 people and disrupting business and the everyday lives of Zamboanga residents. Classes and offices, as well as airline flights to and from the city, have been suspended since Monday last week.

Since then, Misuari has not come out in public to explain the presence of his followers in Zamboanga City.

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