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| Misuari wants to go to the OIC prom |
| 2002-06-24 |
| Nur Misuari has asked President Macapagal-Arroyo to allow him to attend the 29th Session of the Islamic Conference to be held in Khartoum, Republic of Sudan. In his three-page letter, Misuari told Mrs. Arroyo that he was invited by the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) as head of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). He claimed being asked to discuss the Special Meeting of the Ministerial Committee of the Eight, steps to undertake to resolve the conflict in Mindanao. The steps, he said, would include the âfull and effective implementation of the Peace Agreement of 1996 between the MNLF and the government.â Misuari is in jail facing rebellion charges for his menâs attack on a Jolo army detachment last year. The MNLF founder told the President his group is willing to forge a political settlement to resolve the conflict in Mindanao. He claimed the letter of invitation sent to Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Parouk Hussin is âeither a mistake or forgedâ because it did not come directly from the Office of the Secretariat of the OIC. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |