MILF: Bangsamoro CSOs appeal for OIC’s sustained support to unity of the two Fronts

Posted to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Website (Dec 18): Bangsamoro CSOs appeal for OIC’s sustained support to unity of the two Fronts



The Bangsamoro Civil Society Organizations leaders who attended in a national summit wrote a letter to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to sustain its support to the unity of Moro National Liberation Front and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) towards the realization of the Bangsamoro people’s right to self-determination.

Around 120 CSO leaders attended the Bangsamoro Multi-Sectoral Leaders’ Summit for Unity and Solidarity held at Davao City on December 5-9, 2016.

In the letter addressed to the OIC Secretary General Dr. Yusuf Bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen, the delegates said they fully agree with the position of the OIC that there is an imperative for the two Bangsamoro Fronts to work together towards attaining a just conclusion of their legitimate struggle.

“We are therefore appealing for your urgent and sustained support to asser your moral persuasion to help fast track the unity of the MNLF and MILF,” the delegates said in the letter.

They said the unity of the two Fronts will pave way toward a unified law that will lead to stronger governance and eventually to the attainment of the Bangsamoro right to self-determination.

The OIC head said in December 12, 2015 that the leaders of the two Fronts should consolidate their coordination and cooperation through the Bangsamoro Coordination Forum (BCF) and to engage other stakeholders in order to close ranks, strengthen and consolidate their cooperation and unity and maintain their peaceful struggle for common cause.

The OIC, the second biggest international body after the United Nations, has brokered the peace talks between the MNLF and the Philippine Government and facilitated the Tripartite Review.

It further facilitated the coming together of MNLF Chairman Nur Misuari and MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim at Dushanbe, Tajikistan on may 18, 2010 where the two leaders agreed that “unity is indispensable to the success of the Bangsamoro struggle.”

The OIC continued to host several meetings between the MNLF and MILF through the BCF.

The CSO leaders also noted the high level of trust of the two Fronts to the OIC and the friendly diplomatic ties it has with the Government of the Philippines.

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