[InterAksyon] Top leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Moro National Liberation Front declared that the two Moro fronts have agreed to "merge and unite" to push for the passage of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) now pending in the Philippine legislature.After the reunification meeting in Maguindanao, MNLF chair Muslimin Sema said, "This unification simply means that both sides have the same goal – that is for the betterment of Bansamoro people and other inhabitants of Mindanao."
MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim said the unification was born during the recent Bangsamoro Coordination Forum in Kuwait called for by the Organization of Islamic Conference in May this year.
Both Murad and Sema said that "under this present situation of the peace process, we realized and feel duty-bound to strengthen and consolidate our unity and our people under the blessings of universal brotherhood for the common good and interest of all."
The MNLF Sema faction is the largest and most politically active part of three MNLF factions of the MNLF that includes the Nur Misuari faction and the MNLF-Islamic Command Council.