Government forces are determined to pursue efforts to locate and arrest Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founder Nur Misuari for his alleged involvement in the Zamboanga siege in 2013, Malacañang said yesterday.
Misuari, former governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), was reportedly spotted in a gathering of MNLF supporters in Sulu last Friday.
Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said although they could not yet confirm the report about Misuari’s public appearance, authorities would still carry out the arrest warrant against him.
“We have yet to confirm the report you are citing. He still has an outstanding warrant of arrest, therefore law enforcement authorities have a legal basis for arresting him,” Coloma said in a text message to the Manila Bulletin.
Reports said Misuari held a meeting with armed MNLF members as well as Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) gunmen in Indanan, Sulu. The meeting supposedly tackled his attendance to the upcoming Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Switzerland.
Authorities, however, failed to apprehend the elusive Misuari who has long been wanted for the deadly attacks by his armed followers in Zamboanga in 2013.
Misuari and his commanders were charged with rebellion and violation of the country’s law on crimes against international humanitarian law, genocide and other crimes against humanity before a regional trial court in Zamboanga.
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