Nur Misuari Lambasted
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Tuesday lambasted the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) for declaring that thousands of MILF guerillas have left and joined the MNLF.
Khaled Musa, MILF information deputy, said Nur Misuari, chair of a faction of the MNLF, was creating division among Bangsamoro people.
Misuari served as regional governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao from 1996 to 2001. He led a bloody revolt in Sulu shortly before the 2001 regional polls and fled to Malaysia and eventually arrested there.
Speaking to reporters, Misuari said the MILF is no longer capable of launching combat against the Philippine government because many of its followers have jumped over to his MNLF.
“We call on MNLF Chairman Misuari not to engage in mudslinging to destroy us because we in the two fronts are all brothers and are fighting for the same cause — that of pushing forward Moro-rule and self-determination in Mindanao’s Moro territories,” Musa said.
Misuari said that many MILF members have lost confidence in their organization’s now 14-year peace talks with national government.