From the MILF Website (Jun 17): MILF holds advocacy at erstwhile camp of Ustadz Habir Malik
Barangay Bitahnag, Panamao, Sulu, erstwhile camp of Ustadz Habir Malik, close-aide of MNLF Nur Misuari has been invaded by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) when it conducted peace advocacy last June 8, 2014.
Ludznatul Auliya Provincial Director Ustadz Alshaid Abdulmajid together with Mr.Abdulmotalib K. Ismi, Vice Chairman of the MILF Political Committee-Northern Sulu where the resource speakers together with MILF Northern Sulu vice chairman Abdulmotalib K. Ismi; his wife Ustaza Dayang Ruaida Imran Ismi, Chairperson of Social Welfare Committee (SWC); Ustadz Alshaid Abdulmajid and this writer presently the Northern Sulu Provincial Information Director.
The peace advocacy aims to address the issue of misunderstanding between the MILF and MNLF members in the area and educate the residents of Barangay Bitahnag and adjacent barangays on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and its four annexes, the CAB and the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the proposed governing law of the Bangsamoro new political Entity.
The participants were so elated and inspired when they learned that the basic law incorporates some issues contained in the 1996 Jakarta Final Peace Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the MNLF.
What is so interesting here is that after the MNLF standoff in Zamboanga city last September 9 -27, 2014, resident of Bitahnag and adjacent barangays no longer heed and follow the directives of Chairman Misuari, instead they shifted their support to the GPH-MILF Peace Agreement which they foresee as the final solution to the decades of armed conflict.
The MILF in Sulu and the organizers expressed their sincerest appreciations to Panamao officials for their support and cooperation that made the activity successful.
The organizers hoped that the advocacy had enhanced the knowledge of residents on the peace process, the CAB and the upcoming Bangsamoro Region and finally, live in their communities without fear and anxiety. Residents of Sulu were victims of military operations and clan wars that forced them to temporarily settle in other areas. Once it takes-over the ARMM, the Bangsamoro will address problems that beset Sulu inhabitants, if Allah’s will.
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