In photo- MILF 1st Vice Chairman Ghazali Jaafar in a huddle with MILF Peace Implementing Panel Chair Mohagher Iqbal during the Bicam deliberations on Bangsamoro Organic Law in Congress
MILF 1st Vice Chairman, and Speaker of Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Ghazali Jaafar, 76 years old passed away last night at about 1:00AM in Davao City, according to a text message sent to Luwaran by one of his comrades who refused to be identified.
Jaafar suffered from a stroke in July 2018 while in Metro Manila after the Bicameral Conference Committee of Congress agreed on the final version of Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).
Like those MILF officials who returned to His Creator ahead of him, Jaafar died a martyr (Saheed)
Messages of sympathy, and condolences are pouring in to the family of Vice Chairman Jaafar whose services to the Moro Struggle will be written in history.
While still alive, Jaafar was frank and straight forward in his conversations with government officials relative to the Bangsamoro Law.
He once said in the presence of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, that the MILF were trained to fight and not to talk.
It is recalled that in the late 60’s, Jaafar organized the Mandharul Islam, a convergence of Moro Youth aimed to defend Moro villages from marauding ILAGA fanatics who at that time were burning Moro houses, Mosques, and kill those on their sight.
Jaafar, like the rest of MILF leaders spent almost his entire life in the Moro Struggle for right to self-determination.
His body will be brought today to his residence in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.
http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/1759/milf-1st-vice-chairman-jaafar-passes-away
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