From InterAksyon (Mar 19): MNLF faction maintains Misuari still leader, disowns 'new chairman' Alonto
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The faction of the Moro National Liberation Front that has remained loyal to Nur Misuari said the movement’s founding chairman remained its leader, as they disowned Abul Khayr Alonto.
Alonto had been described as the “new” MNLF chairman in a “resolution of unity” issued by 33 of the 39 surviving founders of the organization.
Interestingly, the resolution was posted on luwaran.com, the website of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which split from the MNLF and is now set to sign a peace agreement with the government.
The MNLF, under Misuari, entered into its own peace pact with government in 1996.
Since then, however, it has also suffered a split, with the major breakaway faction led by former Cotabato City mayor Muslimin Sema.
Sema’s faction, called the Council of 15, has voiced support for the MILF-government peace agreement, which the Misuari faction has rejected.
The agreement would dissolve the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, created through the 1996 pact and of which Misuari was once governor, and replace it with a new political entity to be called Bangsamoro.
In a kanduli, or thanksgiving ceremony, to mark the 46th anniversary of the MNLF at Camp Datu Umama Malang in Malatimom, Ampatuan, Maguindanao, the organization’s Central Mindanao chief of staff, Alkhudz Simpal said they would never recognize any other leader by Misuari.
Around 1,000 MNLF members attended the anniversary.
Simpal accused the government of using Alonto to mislead MNLF members and further drive a wedge into their organization.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/83038/mnlf-faction-maintains-misuari-still-leader-disowns-new-chairman-alonto
The faction of the Moro National Liberation Front that has remained loyal to Nur Misuari said the movement’s founding chairman remained its leader, as they disowned Abul Khayr Alonto.
Alonto had been described as the “new” MNLF chairman in a “resolution of unity” issued by 33 of the 39 surviving founders of the organization.
Interestingly, the resolution was posted on luwaran.com, the website of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which split from the MNLF and is now set to sign a peace agreement with the government.
The MNLF, under Misuari, entered into its own peace pact with government in 1996.
Since then, however, it has also suffered a split, with the major breakaway faction led by former Cotabato City mayor Muslimin Sema.
Sema’s faction, called the Council of 15, has voiced support for the MILF-government peace agreement, which the Misuari faction has rejected.
The agreement would dissolve the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, created through the 1996 pact and of which Misuari was once governor, and replace it with a new political entity to be called Bangsamoro.
In a kanduli, or thanksgiving ceremony, to mark the 46th anniversary of the MNLF at Camp Datu Umama Malang in Malatimom, Ampatuan, Maguindanao, the organization’s Central Mindanao chief of staff, Alkhudz Simpal said they would never recognize any other leader by Misuari.
Around 1,000 MNLF members attended the anniversary.
Simpal accused the government of using Alonto to mislead MNLF members and further drive a wedge into their organization.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/83038/mnlf-faction-maintains-misuari-still-leader-disowns-new-chairman-alonto