The government is planning to team up with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to forge a “united front” against the Islamic State-linked elements in Mindanao.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO /MANILA BULLETIN)
The government’s partnership with the MNLF on advancing peace in the south was tackled during President Duterte’s meeting with MNLF founding chair Nur Misuari in Malacañang Monday night.
According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the two sides tackled the creation of a coordinating committee as part of the peace efforts in Mindanao.
“The meeting was basically to organize the government and MNLF panels for the GPH-MNLF peace coordinating committee and set the date and venue of the first meeting,” Guevarra said.
“The objective is to forge a united front against ISIS elements in Mindanao,” he added.
The President’s meeting with Misuari was the fifth this year. Also present during the meeting were Guevarra, Senator Christopher Go, and Solicitor General Jose Calida
Duterte’s most recent meeting with Misuari was held last August.
In that meeting, the President told Misuari his proposal to create a coordinating committee between the government and the MNLF.
The committee will serve as venue to seek the cooperation of the MNLF to achieve immediate peace in Sulu by, among others, helping in combating the Abu Sayyaf Group, and convincing MNLF relatives to return to the folds of the law, the Palace earlier said.
“The GPH-MNLF Coordinating Committee can expect the full support of the Office of the President as we move towards our common goal of resolving the conflict that has caused deaths, suffering, and dislocation among the Muslims and Christians alike,” presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said after the President’s meeting with Misuari last August.
Panelo had said the President would “walk the extra mile” to promote peace in the country. “In resolving the Muslim rebellion in Mindanao, every undertaking that may lead to a lasting peace and prosperity to that region must be tried and tested until its fruition,” he said.
The President has stepped up his dialogue with Misuari following the alleged “rumblings” within the group over the composition of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority.
The BTA, composedly mostly of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) representatives, serves as the interim government of the Bangsamoro region until the new leaders are elected in 2022.
The creation of the Bangsamoro region is part of the government’s peace accord with the MILF, the breakaway group of the MNLF. It replaced the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that was formed in a peace pact between the government and the Misuari-led MNLF in 1996.
According to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the two sides tackled the creation of a coordinating committee as part of the peace efforts in Mindanao.
“The meeting was basically to organize the government and MNLF panels for the GPH-MNLF peace coordinating committee and set the date and venue of the first meeting,” Guevarra said.
“The objective is to forge a united front against ISIS elements in Mindanao,” he added.
The President’s meeting with Misuari was the fifth this year. Also present during the meeting were Guevarra, Senator Christopher Go, and Solicitor General Jose Calida
Duterte’s most recent meeting with Misuari was held last August.
In that meeting, the President told Misuari his proposal to create a coordinating committee between the government and the MNLF.
The committee will serve as venue to seek the cooperation of the MNLF to achieve immediate peace in Sulu by, among others, helping in combating the Abu Sayyaf Group, and convincing MNLF relatives to return to the folds of the law, the Palace earlier said.
“The GPH-MNLF Coordinating Committee can expect the full support of the Office of the President as we move towards our common goal of resolving the conflict that has caused deaths, suffering, and dislocation among the Muslims and Christians alike,” presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said after the President’s meeting with Misuari last August.
Panelo had said the President would “walk the extra mile” to promote peace in the country. “In resolving the Muslim rebellion in Mindanao, every undertaking that may lead to a lasting peace and prosperity to that region must be tried and tested until its fruition,” he said.
The President has stepped up his dialogue with Misuari following the alleged “rumblings” within the group over the composition of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority.
The BTA, composedly mostly of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) representatives, serves as the interim government of the Bangsamoro region until the new leaders are elected in 2022.
The creation of the Bangsamoro region is part of the government’s peace accord with the MILF, the breakaway group of the MNLF. It replaced the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that was formed in a peace pact between the government and the Misuari-led MNLF in 1996.
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