Misuari: MNLF keeping options for armed struggle open

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Oct 21): Misuari: MNLF keeping options for armed struggle open

Moro leader Nur Misuari told his followers here, on Sunday, that armed struggle would remain an option for the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to advance the cause of the Bangsamoro even if it had signed a deal with the government in 1996. “Armed struggle as an option is always there. But we are committed to our peace advocacy,” he said.  Arriving in hauler trucks and cars, some 7,000 members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in neatly pressed fatigue uniforms and supporters, including women in their colorful hijabs, and children, gathered at the Crocodile Park here Sunday for a summit called for by Misuari.... Amid chants of “Allahu Akbar (God is Great),” Misuari addressed his followers – who came from various Mindanao areas – and repeatedly declared the framework agreement as “unacceptable and could trigger a bigger war in Mindanao.” “Of course we can not accept it. It would be another recipe for war,” Misuari said, adding that it was a conspiracy to dilute the gains of the 1996 peace pact signed by the MNLF with the Ramos administration, as the crowd roared in approval anew....

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