KAPIHAN SA BANGSAMORO. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Interior and Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo speaks during the “Kapihan sa Bangsamoro” here Tuesday (Sept. 3, 2019) where he bared the creation of a special committee to convince the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters to return to the fold of the law. (PNA photo by Noel Punzalan)
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has formed a special committee to talk to two of three factions of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) to yield to government and return to the mainstream society.
This was bared by BARMM’s Ministry of the Interior and Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo during the “Kapihan sa Bangsamoro” here Tuesday.
“Only two of three BIFF factions because one of the factions have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror organization,” Sinarimbo said.
He further clarified that the BARMM is talking with the BIFF factions of Bongos and Karialan that are both operating in the province of Maguindanao.
“These are our former brothers in the Bangsamoro armed struggle before and we are urging them to give the new BARMM a chance,” Sinarimbo said.
He maintained, however, that the BARMM has kept its distance from the BIFF faction of Abu Toraife that has linked itself with the ISIS.
“Government military forces are currently keeping a close watch on the Toraife faction as it continues to sow terror in remote communities of Maguindanao and neighboring North Cotabato province,” he said.
The BIFF is a small breakaway faction of the MILF that remains active in Maguindanao and other parts of Central Mindanao.
In 2008, then MILF commander Ameril Umbra Kato broke off with the MILF hierarchy to carry on with the fight for self-determination after the MILF pursued its comprehensive peace overture with the government and now running the affairs of BARMM.
In 2010, Kato formed the BIFF with an estimated 300 fighters to continue resisting the presence of military forces in Maguindanao and the rest of Central Mindanao.
When Kato died due to a lingering illness in 2015, the BIFF has split into three factions.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1079565
This was bared by BARMM’s Ministry of the Interior and Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo during the “Kapihan sa Bangsamoro” here Tuesday.
“Only two of three BIFF factions because one of the factions have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror organization,” Sinarimbo said.
He further clarified that the BARMM is talking with the BIFF factions of Bongos and Karialan that are both operating in the province of Maguindanao.
“These are our former brothers in the Bangsamoro armed struggle before and we are urging them to give the new BARMM a chance,” Sinarimbo said.
He maintained, however, that the BARMM has kept its distance from the BIFF faction of Abu Toraife that has linked itself with the ISIS.
“Government military forces are currently keeping a close watch on the Toraife faction as it continues to sow terror in remote communities of Maguindanao and neighboring North Cotabato province,” he said.
The BIFF is a small breakaway faction of the MILF that remains active in Maguindanao and other parts of Central Mindanao.
In 2008, then MILF commander Ameril Umbra Kato broke off with the MILF hierarchy to carry on with the fight for self-determination after the MILF pursued its comprehensive peace overture with the government and now running the affairs of BARMM.
In 2010, Kato formed the BIFF with an estimated 300 fighters to continue resisting the presence of military forces in Maguindanao and the rest of Central Mindanao.
When Kato died due to a lingering illness in 2015, the BIFF has split into three factions.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1079565
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