The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has sent emissaries
in at least three areas in Maguindanao and North Cotabato
where infighting among its field commanders flared up over the week, an MILF
official today said.
Ghadzali Jaafar, MILF vice chair for political affairs,
admitted there were “misunderstanding” among field commanders of the MILF in
the towns of Buldon and Datu Abdullah Sangki in Maguindanao and Alamada, North Cotabato .
”These misunderstanding have been existing for years and we
have been addressing that,” Jaafar said in a phone interview.
He admitted the MILF general staff is now investigating
these infighting because aside from its negative impact on the organization it
will become a major stumbling block in everybody’s desire to attain peace in
the countryside.
”If it remained unattended, it may go out of proportion and
would affect the civilians,” he said.
The fighting in the hinterlands of Alamada, involving MILF
field commanders, left two civilians wounded and was triggered by long standing
land dispute.
The conflict in Buldon was triggered by a long standing
family feud while the skirmishes involving MILF field commanders in Datu
Abdullah Sangki were triggered by territorial dispute.
As of posting, the warring MILF leaders locked in dispute
remained quiet and Jaafar hope the mediation, the traditional way of resolving
misunderstanding, will succeed.
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