In the resumption of senate hearing on Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) on Monday, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Chief Negotiator Mohagher Iqbal said, ““We use nom de guerre to protect myself, my family, and the struggle. If I was harmed and killed, perhaps I would not be here in this august body.”
Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., chair of the Senate committee on local government, insisted that Iqbal reveal his real name but the latter refused.
“It does not inspire confidence in anyone, when you’re sitting across the table and you’re not sure of the identity of the person you’re talking to,” Marcos said.
The MILF chief negotiator assured he would disclose his real identity once the BBL is signed into law.
“When the BBL is passed by Congress and hopefully ratified, that will be the time everything will normalize and we will disclose that,” said the MILF chief negotiator, also known for his pseudonym Salah Jubair in his book “Bangsamoro: A Nation Under Endless Tyranny.”
Senator Teofisto Guingona III said he doesn’t any problem with Iqbal using alias as long as we continue to the peace process until its final end.”
Senate President Franklin Drilon said in a statement that the use of nom de guerre by Iqbal has no legal implication on the peace agreement.
Using his alias, Iqbal signed for the MILF in the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, two major documents yielded in the 17 years of arduous peace negotiation between the two parties.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/861-iqbal-we-use-alias-to-protect-myself-my-family-and-the-struggle
“It does not inspire confidence in anyone, when you’re sitting across the table and you’re not sure of the identity of the person you’re talking to,” Marcos said.
The MILF chief negotiator assured he would disclose his real identity once the BBL is signed into law.
“When the BBL is passed by Congress and hopefully ratified, that will be the time everything will normalize and we will disclose that,” said the MILF chief negotiator, also known for his pseudonym Salah Jubair in his book “Bangsamoro: A Nation Under Endless Tyranny.”
Senator Teofisto Guingona III said he doesn’t any problem with Iqbal using alias as long as we continue to the peace process until its final end.”
Senate President Franklin Drilon said in a statement that the use of nom de guerre by Iqbal has no legal implication on the peace agreement.
Using his alias, Iqbal signed for the MILF in the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro, two major documents yielded in the 17 years of arduous peace negotiation between the two parties.
http://www.luwaran.com/index.php/welcome/item/861-iqbal-we-use-alias-to-protect-myself-my-family-and-the-struggle
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