The chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front, Cotabato City Vice-Mayor Muslimin Sema, who is a mayoral candidate of the Liberal Party, feeds a ballot into a Precinct Count Optical Scanner with the help of a Muslim teacher at the Muamad Elementary School in Kakar area in the city. John Unson
The chairman of the largest group in the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is optimistic he will win in the race for the city’s mayoral post.
Cotabato City Vice-Mayor Muslimin Sema, chairman of the biggest of at least three groups in the MNLF, expressed confidence that the patience he had shown amid the mudslinging and black propaganda will sway votes in his favor.
Sema, who belongs to the Liberal Party, is contesting the re-election bid of Cotabato City Mayor Japan Guiani Jr. Sema, as a senior MNLF official, helped craft the group’s September 2, 1996 final peace accord with government.
As MNLF chairman, Sema wields influence over some 50,000 followers scattered in their more than 20 “revolutionary states” in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and Palawan.
He said his followers voted for aspirants for local and national positions President Benigno Aquino III endorsed as LP candidates.
Some 30,000 voters and campaigners of Sema attended the LP’s miting-de-avance Friday at the parade grounds of the Cotabato City State Polytechnic College here.
Sema’s spouse, Sandra, is seeking re-election as congressional representative of the first district of Maguindanao and Cotabato City.
Sema cast his vote past 8:00 a.m. Monday at the Muamad Elementary School in Kakar area here, accompanied by relatives and supporters.
Sema had served as undefeated three-term city mayor before he was elected vice-mayor during the 2010 local elections.
http://www.philstar.com/election-2013/2013/05/13/941691/mnlf-leader-says-confident-win-polls
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