MAGUINDANAO - Is there a new breakaway group emerging from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)?
Mohammad Nasif,
normalization chief of the MILF and operations officer of the Bangsamoro
Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF), earlier denied reports that a group called the
Bangsamoro People's Progressive Alliance (BAPPA) is breaking away from the MILF
because of a disagreement over the ongoing peace process with the Philippine
government.
The report said
the BAPPA was created by MILF and Moro National Liberation Front commanders
trying to gather disgruntled revolutionaries who may want to join them.
Nasif said MILF
officials have not heard of the group, adding that BIAF fighters continue to
obey the decisions of the leadership.
Major General
Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th Infantry Division Commander, said they have not yet
received any information on groups or breakaway groups, aside from the Bangsamoro Islamic
Freedom Fighters (BIFF), that could be a possible threat to the peace initiatives,
following the start of the decommissioning process as part of the normalization
annex of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro.
"All
information that are coming in, we consider and validate it," Pangilinan
said.
He said he will
have the information checked by the Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of
Hostilities (CCCH) and the Ad hoc Joint Action Group (AHJAG).
Meantime, MNLF
Chief for Political Bureau in Central Mindanao Committee Lowell Macabagen told
a political-military conference in Cotabato City on Sunday that he has also
heard of the group "BAPPA," but could not confirm if it is real since
their members on the ground are intact.
As of posting,
the government troops, MNLF and MILF continue to monitor emerging groups.
But the MILF earlier
said this could just be spoilers of the peace talks between the government of
the Philippines
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/06/15/15/there-new-breakaway-group-milf
Never heard of the organization. Google search results yielded only ABS-CBN references to the group.
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