Monday, October 15, 2012

MNLF to MILF: Good luck but beware

From Rappler (Oct 15): MNLF to MILF: Good luck but beware

Today, October 15, marked the signing of the Framework Agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the "death of the final peace agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)," a leader of one of the 3 MNLF factions said. "Sana mag-succeed sila (government) pati MILF, but we have our doubts. (I hope the government will succeed including the MILF) What they have done to the MNLF might also be done to the MILF," Habib Mujahab Hashim, chairman of an MNLF breakaway faction, the Islamic Command Council (ICC), told Rappler. "It's easy to sign any agreement but implementing such an agreement is another thing," the 65-year-old Hashim warned. Known as "Boghdadi" or "Bogs," Hashim was the former chief MNLF negotiator during the peace talks between the MNLF and the Cory Aquino government between 1986 to 1987....

http://www.rappler.com/nation/14225-mnlf-to-milf-on-peace-deal-good-luck-but-beware

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