Peace! Let’s celebrate, MILF tells MNLF

By: Kristine Angeli Sabillo - 10 years ago

Ahud (aka Murad) Ebrahim. FILE PHOTO/MALACANANG PHOTO BUREAU

MANILA, Philippines – Everybody should celebrate.

That’s the message Thursday of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to salve restless members of the Moro Liberation Front who were left out of the deal.

“The Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) is not only for the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front). It is also for the MNLF (Moro National Liberation Front) as well,” the MILF declared on Thursday.

MILF chief Al Haj Murad Ebrahim said that the CAB is for the benefit of the MNLF, as well as the other groups in Mindanao.

“I would like to impress upon all of you that the MILF will not and does not ever will claim sole ownership to the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro. The MILF recognizes…the valiant efforts and sacrifices of countless people for freedom and self-determination,” Murad said before the signing of the CAB at the Malacañang grounds.

He said the MILF will only serve as a gatekeeper during the transition period towards a Bangsamoro autonomous political entity.

Warm applause greeted Murad as he said, “It will not be a government of the MILF but the government of the Bangsamoro.”