Mohagher Iqbal: MILF won't be dissolved, it will become a social movement. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
Saying it is determined to leave the armed struggle and join mainstream politics, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has organized a political party for the 2016 elections.
MILF peace negotiating chairman Mohagher Iqbal said the United Bangsamoro Justice Party was registered at the Commission on Elections on Wednesday.
"We will be engaging no longer (through) armed struggle, but through democratic struggle," he said in an interview after a dialogue with about a dozen lawmakers from Metro Manila about the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
He said the new political party of the MILF shows that they are sincere in working with the government in having peace in the region.
The MILF will not be dissolved, but will remain as a "social movement," he added.
Iqbal earlier said that MILF members will participate in the election of officials of the new Bangsamoro government that will be in place once the BBL is signed into law.
The BBL is the product of the comprehensive agreement between the MILF and the government. Congress is currently deliberating on the proposed law.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/110140/milf-forms-political-party-to-join-elections-in-envisioned-bangsamoro-government
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