Participants at the founding assembly of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party in Camp Darapanan, Maguindanao. (photo by Dennis Arcon, InterAksyon.com)
Up to 100,000 persons were reported to have turned out for the founding assembly of the United Bangsamoro Justice Party in Camp Darapanan, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front stronghold in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.
The UBJP is the political party the MILF will be fielding in the 2016 elections, when the leadership of the new Bangsamoro autonomous region is also expected to be chosen.
The assembly, which ended on Christmas Day, was peaceful but was marred on the second day by the death of a young volunteer, Badria Guimadil of Guindulungan town, from a heart attack.
Sulat Kudarat police chief Senior Inspector Esmael Madin said Guimadil died past 11 a.m. on December 24.
Madin said several other volunteers were also reported to have taken ill because of the intense heat and the massive crowd during the assembly.
MILF chief of staff Sammy Almansor said they are happy over the success of the UBJP assembly even as he denied reports that an improvised explosive device was found on a person during the event.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/101860/launch-of-milf-party-draws-100000
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