Thursday, September 15, 2016

MILF: IMT holds dialogue with Zambo village leaders

Posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Sep 15): IMT holds dialogue with Zambo village leaders


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Officials from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) Batch 11 based in this city visited Barangay Tulungatung on September 10 for a dialogue with community leaders, non-government organizations and peace advocates.

Colonel Mohammad Zakri bin Abu, IMT Team- 3 leader based in the AFP Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom), expressed gratitude for the warm welcome extended to them. He made an appeal to the Moro leaders to be always supportive to the peace agreement and exercise more patience in their quest for attaining genuine peace and development in Mindanao. 

He was accompanied by some members of the MILF AHJAG (Ah Hoc Joint Action Group) like Hadji Basaron Kamlon who encouraged the Moro village leaders and residents to stay at the right course in peace-building endeavor. Aside from updates on peace process, Kamlon also clarified the role of AHJAG and other mechanisms under the GPH-MILF peace process.

Mr. Julsalin Morsalin, a community leader, welcomed the visiting IMT and AHJAG officials and expressed his gratitude to their guests’ unprecedented participation in monitoring the agreement forged by Philippine Government and MILF. 

Officers from Moro NGOs such as the Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute (BLMI), Southern Islamic Action for Prosperity and Harmony Network (SIAPAHAN) and United Youth for Peace and Development (UNYPAD) were also present in the meeting. They also expressed their respective profoundest gratitude to IMT and AHJAG officials for their efforts and contribution in sustaining the gains of peace process through its monitoring and implementing programs on security aspects as stipulated in Term of Reference (TOR) under GPH-MILF Peace agreement.  

IMT mobile team - 3 covers the Zamboanga Peninsula, island-provinces and cities therein.

The Moro village leaders have also got the chance in asking the IMT and AHJAG officials concerning security aspects contained in the peace agreement. Other related issues were also raised by the audience and clarified by the visiting officials. 

Tirso Tahir of BLMI together with AHJAG officials and community leaders facilitated the half-day meeting.
http://www.luwaran.com/home/index.php/news/73-westhern-mindanao/890-imt-holds-dialogue-with-zambo-village-leaders

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