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Southeast Asia
MILF has no plans to join new Muslim government
2012-03-13
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) assured its counterpart in the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) that the group does not plan to be part of the new Muslim government in the event a peace deal is signed this month.

A statement on the MILF website said, "We want to assure our brothers in the MNLF of the inclusive policy of the MILF in this negotiation. As a matter of fact, we do not even imagine a personal agenda in this exercise, say holding public office. That is far from our mind.

"For this reason, we want to appeal to everyone including all Moro leaders particularly politicians, not to barter the better future of our people for the fleeting rewards of the present."

The MILF statement came after the government panel and the MNLF met in Bandung, Indonesia to discuss the last stage of 1996 final peace agreement brokered by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The major provisions of the 1996 peace deal are the following:

  • establishment of the Special Zone of Peace and Development to be managed by the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development and its own consultative assembly;

  • integration of former MNLF combatants into the government security forces;

  • provide broad powers to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) government pertaining to economic, financial, business and commercial matters;

  • devolution of development-related offices/agencies to the autonomous Muslim region;

  • Muslim representation in the national government; and,

  • implementation of the shariah and the madaris (Islamic law and educational systems)
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