THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front expressed confidence that
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte would keep his word to pass the proposed
Bangsamoro Basic Law, which will establish a new political entity in the South.
“We believe in him (Duterte) and his commitment to proceed with the BBL,” the MILF said on its website of the proposed measure which didn’t pass Congress during the last year of the Aquino administration.
At the same time, the MILF welcomed a planned meeting between Duterte and Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari, whose group signed a peace accord with government in 1996.
“The purported meeting between President-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Chair Nurulaji Misuari is in the right direction. The MILF interposes no objection to it,” the MILF said.
“If there are serious matters to consider, (these) are the facts that Misuari has a pending warrant of arrest and the security of Duterte,” it added.
Misuari is facing a rebellion case in connection with theZamboanga City
The MILF and the Aquino government signed a peace accord in March 2014. Aquino endorsed to Congress the proposed law a year after but it was not passed, partly because of the MILF’s involvement in the January 2015 Mamasapano incident that left 44 police commandos dead.
“We asked people close to him about the attitude of Duterte, (and) they told us that once he commits he fulfils it, and once a friend, he is a friend forever. Except for a major or serious breach of friendship or trust, he stands by his friends or associates,” the MILF said.
The MILF noted that that during the campaign period, Duterte had the “clear edge” in terms of policy statements on Moros, BBL, and peace process issues.
“His is not only the commitment to solve the Bangsamoro Question but the unequivocal conviction that ‘nothing will satisfy the Muslims, nay Moros, except to give them the BBL’,” the MILF said.
It also cited Duterte’s meeting with MILF vice chairman for political affairs Ghadzali Jaafar last Feb. 27 at the MILF base inCamp Darapanan
During the meeting, the MILF said “he (Duterte) was categorical in stating his position that he would pass the BBL as a template to make thePhilippines Cotabato City
The MILF said the peace agreement signed by the MNLF and the government in 1996 “has already been practically implemented or fulfilled.”
“All the remaining unimplemented aspects of the agreement, namely, provisional government, socio-economic intervention, and strategic minerals, were settled or are being addressed,” the MILF said.
“We believe in him (Duterte) and his commitment to proceed with the BBL,” the MILF said on its website of the proposed measure which didn’t pass Congress during the last year of the Aquino administration.
At the same time, the MILF welcomed a planned meeting between Duterte and Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari, whose group signed a peace accord with government in 1996.
“The purported meeting between President-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Chair Nurulaji Misuari is in the right direction. The MILF interposes no objection to it,” the MILF said.
“If there are serious matters to consider, (these) are the facts that Misuari has a pending warrant of arrest and the security of Duterte,” it added.
Misuari is facing a rebellion case in connection with the
The MILF and the Aquino government signed a peace accord in March 2014. Aquino endorsed to Congress the proposed law a year after but it was not passed, partly because of the MILF’s involvement in the January 2015 Mamasapano incident that left 44 police commandos dead.
“We asked people close to him about the attitude of Duterte, (and) they told us that once he commits he fulfils it, and once a friend, he is a friend forever. Except for a major or serious breach of friendship or trust, he stands by his friends or associates,” the MILF said.
The MILF noted that that during the campaign period, Duterte had the “clear edge” in terms of policy statements on Moros, BBL, and peace process issues.
“His is not only the commitment to solve the Bangsamoro Question but the unequivocal conviction that ‘nothing will satisfy the Muslims, nay Moros, except to give them the BBL’,” the MILF said.
It also cited Duterte’s meeting with MILF vice chairman for political affairs Ghadzali Jaafar last Feb. 27 at the MILF base in
During the meeting, the MILF said “he (Duterte) was categorical in stating his position that he would pass the BBL as a template to make the
The MILF said the peace agreement signed by the MNLF and the government in 1996 “has already been practically implemented or fulfilled.”
“All the remaining unimplemented aspects of the agreement, namely, provisional government, socio-economic intervention, and strategic minerals, were settled or are being addressed,” the MILF said.
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