The Army's 6th Infantry Division based in Maguindanao has
denied reports about the alleged presence of firearms manufacturing facility of
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Maj. Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th ID commander, said his
unit has been conducting investigation about this even before the reports and
claims about the existence of a gun-manufacturing facility of the MILF in
Maguindanao emerged.
Sen. Peter Allan Cayetano, during the hearing on the
infamous Mamasapano encounter, declared that the MILF has manufacturing
facilities for cal. 50 barret rifle in Maguindanao. He showed some photos
provided him by former military commanders in Maguindanao.
But Pangilinan insisted the report has never been validated
and confirmed by the Army's intelligence community.
Even Colonel Harold Cabunoc, chief of the AFP public affairs
office, told reporters there was no existing MILF gun making facilities in
Maguindanao or in Lanao del Sur.
There was one, Cabunoc said, but that was already captured
by the military when Camp
Abubakar
He said other than the one in Camp Abubakar
Muntinlupa Rep. Rodolfo Biazon also dismissed claims the
MILF has gun-making facility in Mindanao .
Biazon maintained that even the Armed Forces of the Philippines
The decommissioning of 75 MILF firearms as initial part of
the annexes on normalization of the GPH-MILF pece agreement raised some doubts
from some sectors obviously opposed to the success of the Mindanao
peace process.
To show sincerity in the peace process, the MILF agreed to
lay down 75 high powered firearms and decommissioned 145 fighters.
After the June 16 decommissioning ceremonies, the
Independent Decommissioning Body (IDB) is keeping the firearms in a safe
facility inside Camp Abubakar in Northern Maguinanao .
Ret. Gen. Rey Ardo, an IDB member, said the firearms are
safe in a storage facility only the IDB can open.
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