MILF: Myanmar’s 12-man delegation visits Office of the Chief of Staff of BIAF-MILF

Posted to the MILF Website (Dec 21): Myanmar’s 12-man delegation visits Office of the Chief of Staff of BIAF-MILF

A 12-man delegation from Myanmar arrived in Mindanao purposely to study and make research on how the peace process is being facilitated. On December 16, they visited the Office of Chief of Staff Sammy Al Mansor of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF). Al Mansor is also the Secretary General of United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP), a political party formed by the Moro Front.

 Al Mansor and other high ranking BIAF Officers welcomed the delegation.  Myanmar has five rebel fronts that formed into union and had already signed ceasefire agreements with its government this October 2015. 

Also present during the meeting were MILF Panel Prof Abhoud Syed Lingga and Datu Jun Mantawil, Head of Secretariat, MILF Peace Panel. The two shared the experience of the MILF in the peace process and how the negotiation came into being and until the signing of the peace accords, the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB). 

The Bangsamoro Peace Process had been a subject of various studies by peace advocates and concerned groups from other conflict affected areas, such as from Ache, Patani, Thailand and this time from Myanmar. 

The leadership of MILF, its officers are pleased to share what they have learned in the process of peace negotiations with the Government of the Philippines (GPH) that started in 1997.

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