MILF raps gov’t ARMM bets list as ‘move to sow discord’ By Michaela P. del Callar and Mario J. Mallari 08/26/2011

MILF raps gov’t ARMM bets list as ‘move to sow discord’

By Michaela P. del Callar and Mario J. Mallari 08/26/2011
Muslim rebels yesterday refuted a supposed government list that included its senior officials among those nominated to become the acting go-vernor of the Auto-nomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), calling it a “mischievous and malicious” move to sow discord.

A list of nominees for the post was posted by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) wherein two top officials of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) central committee and two members of the MILF Peace Negotiating Panel were named as contenders to the ARMM post.

They were Aleem Abdulaziz Mimbantas, vice-chairman for military affairs, and Ghazali Jafaar, vice chairman for political affairs and two members of the MILF peace negotiating panel, Datu Michael Mastura and Abdulla Camlian.

The MILF said the mentioned MILF members “publicly deny having given their consent to the DILG” to include their names in the list of nominees..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune


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