Quote for the Week..

"Why are the country’s political leaders quick to act on amending the Constitution to change nationalistic provisions for the benefit of foreigners or to extend their terms of office but are allergic to amending the Constitution to address the people’s aspirations for self-determination?" - Marvic Leonen,Dean of the UP College of Law, in a keynote address delivered at the 1st International Solidarity Conference on Mindanao; March 16-18, 2009 in Davao City, Philippines.

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Monday, February 4, 2008

MILF-MNLF unification proposed

COTABATO CITY, South Philippines. Exploratory talks had been underway for the proposed unification of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) - the two mainstream Bangsamoro fronts, which had been fighting the government since late 1960s.

This was disclosed by Mayor Muslimin Sema, Secretary General of the MNLF, in an interview over radio station DXMS this morning.

"It would be easy to unify the two fronts considering that we once belong to one organization before," says Mayor Sema.

Asked as to what is the level of the unification efforts reached so far, Mayor Sema says it is still at the exploratory level where designated leaders from both sides are tasked to work out the arrangement.

"This unification move is designed in such manner that no party may lost its identity in the process," Mayor Sema continues.

The unification move was partly in response to the GRP's call for the two fronts to unite to ease the situation where the government may probably be talking to two parties over one and the same issues.

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