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The Moro National Liberation Front ([[MNLF]]) is a Moro and Lumad group formed in the 1960s following the alleged [[Jabidah massacre]] to achieve greater [[Moro people|Bangsamoro]] autonomy in the southern Philippines.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7887521.stm |title=Guide to the Philippines conflict |publisher=BBC News |date=December 18, 2009 |accessdate=June 14, 2012}}</ref> The [[MNLF]] took part in terrorist attacks and assassinations to achieve their goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/moro.cfm |title=Retrieved April 2, 2009 (12.20 GMT) |publisher=Cdi.org |date=February 15, 2002 |accessdate=June 4, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/milf.htm |title=Retrieved April 2, 2009 (12.21 GMT) |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date= |accessdate=June 4, 2010}}</ref> The government in [[Manila]] sent troops into the southern Philippines to control the insurgency. In 1976, Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]] brokered a negotiation between the Philippine government and MNLF Leader [[Nur Misuari]] which led to the signing of the MNLF-GRPH Tripoli Agreement of 1976 wherein the MNLF accepted the Philippine government's offer of semi-autonomy of the regions in dispute.<ref name="abuza2003pp39-40">{{cite book|last=Abuza|first=Zachary |title=Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: crucible of terror|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqgiE94IAmIC|year=2003|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|isbn=978-1-58826-237-0|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=QqgiE94IAmIC&pg=PA39 39], [https://books.google.com/books?id=QqgiE94IAmIC&pg=PA115 115] (note 3)}}</ref>
The Moro National Liberation Front ([[MNLF]]) is a Moro and Lumad group formed in the 1960s following the alleged [[Jabidah massacre]] to achieve greater [[Moro people|Bangsamoro]] autonomy in the southern Philippines.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7887521.stm |title=Guide to the Philippines conflict |publisher=BBC News |date=December 18, 2009 |accessdate=June 14, 2012}}</ref> The [[MNLF]] took part in terrorist attacks and assassinations to achieve their goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/moro.cfm |title=Retrieved April 2, 2009 (12.20 GMT) |publisher=Cdi.org |date=February 15, 2002 |accessdate=June 4, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/milf.htm |title=Retrieved April 2, 2009 (12.21 GMT) |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date= |accessdate=June 4, 2010}}</ref> The government in [[Manila]] sent troops into the southern Philippines to control the insurgency. In 1976, Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]] brokered a negotiation between the Philippine government and MNLF Leader [[Nur Misuari]] which led to the signing of the MNLF-GRPH Tripoli Agreement of 1976 wherein the MNLF accepted the Philippine government's offer of semi-autonomy of the regions in dispute.<ref name="abuza2003pp39-40">{{cite book|last=Abuza|first=Zachary |title=Militant Islam in Southeast Asia: crucible of terror|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QqgiE94IAmIC|year=2003|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|isbn=978-1-58826-237-0|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=QqgiE94IAmIC&pg=PA39 39], [https://books.google.com/books?id=QqgiE94IAmIC&pg=PA115 115] (note 3)}}</ref>


The signing of this agreement brought about a serious rift<ref name="scribd.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/89147694/The-CenSEI-Report-Vol-2-No-13-April-2-8-2012#page=3|title=The CenSEI Report (Vol. 2, No. 13, April 2-8, 2012)|work=Scribd}}</ref> in MNLF leadership, leading to the formation of a breakaway group in 1977 by Hashim Salamat and 57 MNLF officers. The group was initially known as "The New Leadership". Misuari expelled Salamat in December 1977, after which Salamat moved his new organization first to [[Cairo, Egypt]] and then, in 1980, to [[Lahore, Pakistan]], where it engaged in diplomatic activities. This organization was formally established in 1984 as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.<ref name="abuza2003pp39-40" /> Muammar Gaddafi became a longstanding supporter of the MILF after its emergence.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Libya: the struggle for survival |author=Geoffrey Leslie Simons |authorlink=Geoff Simons|page=281}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aijac.org.au/review/2003/282/Libya-return.html |title=A Rogue Returns - Libya quietly makes a comeback |publisher=AIJAC |date=February 2003}}</ref><ref>Qaddafi, terrorism, and the origins of the U.S. attack on Libya (1990). Brian Lee Davis</ref>
The signing of this agreement brought about a serious rift<ref name="scribd.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/89147694/The-CenSEI-Report-Vol-2-No-13-April-2-8-2012#page=3|title=The CenSEI Report (Vol. 2, No. 13, April 2-8, 2012)|work=Scribd}}</ref> in MNLF leadership, leading to the formation of a breakaway group in 1977 by Hashim Salamat and 57 MNLF officers. The group was initially known as "The New Leadership". Misuari expelled Salamat in December 1977, after which Salamat moved his new organization first to [[Cairo, Egypt]] and then, in 1980, to [[Lahore, Pakistan]], where it engaged in diplomatic activities. This organization was formally established in 1984 as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.<ref name="abuza2003pp39-40" /> Muammar Gaddafi became a longstanding supporter of the MILF after its emergence.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Libya: the struggle for survival |author=Geoffrey Leslie Simons |authorlink=Geoff Simons|page=281}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aijac.org.au/review/2003/282/Libya-return.html |title=A Rogue Returns - Libya quietly makes a comeback |publisher=AIJAC |date=February 2003 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030301031212/http://www.aijac.org.au/review/2003/282/Libya-return.html |archivedate=March 1, 2003 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>Qaddafi, terrorism, and the origins of the U.S. attack on Libya (1990). Brian Lee Davis</ref>


In January 1987, the MNLF accepted the Philippine government's offer of semi-autonomy<ref name="scribd.com"/> of the regions in dispute, subsequently leading to the establishment of the [[Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao]] on 6 November 1990. The MILF, however, refused to accept this offer and continued their insurgency operations. A general cessation of hostilities between the government in Manila and the MILF was signed in July 1997 but [[2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front|this agreement was abolished in 2000]] by the [[Philippine Army]] under the administration of Philippine President [[Joseph Estrada]]. In response, the MILF declared a [[jihad]] against the government, its citizens and supporters. Under President [[Gloria Arroyo]], the government entered into a cease-fire agreement with the MILF and resumed peace talks.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/moro.cfm | title=In the Spotlight: Moro Islamic Liberation Front | publisher=Terrorism - Terrorist Network | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709075858/http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/moro.cfm |archivedate=July 9, 2008}}</ref>
In January 1987, the MNLF accepted the Philippine government's offer of semi-autonomy<ref name="scribd.com"/> of the regions in dispute, subsequently leading to the establishment of the [[Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao]] on 6 November 1990. The MILF, however, refused to accept this offer and continued their insurgency operations. A general cessation of hostilities between the government in Manila and the MILF was signed in July 1997 but [[2000 Philippine campaign against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front|this agreement was abolished in 2000]] by the [[Philippine Army]] under the administration of Philippine President [[Joseph Estrada]]. In response, the MILF declared a [[jihad]] against the government, its citizens and supporters. Under President [[Gloria Arroyo]], the government entered into a cease-fire agreement with the MILF and resumed peace talks.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/moro.cfm | title=In the Spotlight: Moro Islamic Liberation Front | publisher=Terrorism - Terrorist Network | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709075858/http://www.cdi.org/terrorism/moro.cfm |archivedate=July 9, 2008}}</ref>

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Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Battles and warsthe Moro conflict

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF;

Bangsamoro region of Mindanao, the Sulu Archipelago, Palawan, Basilan, and other neighbouring islands.[3]

History

A Bangsamoro fighter trains with an M60 machine gun.

The Moro National Liberation Front (

MNLF took part in terrorist attacks and assassinations to achieve their goals.[5][6] The government in Manila sent troops into the southern Philippines to control the insurgency. In 1976, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi brokered a negotiation between the Philippine government and MNLF Leader Nur Misuari which led to the signing of the MNLF-GRPH Tripoli Agreement of 1976 wherein the MNLF accepted the Philippine government's offer of semi-autonomy of the regions in dispute.[7]

The signing of this agreement brought about a serious rift

Lahore, Pakistan, where it engaged in diplomatic activities. This organization was formally established in 1984 as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.[7] Muammar Gaddafi became a longstanding supporter of the MILF after its emergence.[9][10][11]

In January 1987, the MNLF accepted the Philippine government's offer of semi-autonomy

Gloria Arroyo, the government entered into a cease-fire agreement with the MILF and resumed peace talks.[12]

Despite peace negotiations and the cease-fire agreement, the MILF attacked government troops in Maguindanao resulting in at least twenty-three deaths in January 2005. The combined armies of the MILF and Abu Sayyaf were involved in days of fighting which necessitated government troops using heavy artillery to engage rebel forces.

The bombing incident in

Osama Bin Laden sent money to the Philippines, though the group denies directly receiving any payment.[16]

From June 28 to July 6, 2006, conflict between the MILF and armed civilian volunteers under

Andal Ampatuan who were supported by the Philippine Army had been reported. The fighting began after governor Ampatuan blamed the MILF for a June 23 bomb attack on his motorcade, which killed five in his entourage. The MILF denied responsibility, but Ampatuan sent police and civilian volunteers to arrest MILF members connected to the attack. Four thousand families were reported displaced by the fighting that followed, which was ended by a cease-fire agreement signed on July 10 and 11.[17]

Talks between the MILF and the government collapsed in 2008 after a

Sema vs. COMELEC which rejected a preliminary accord that would have expanded the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In 2011, the MILF withdrew their demands for independence, instead saying that they would pursue substate status, likened to a U.S. state instead of independence from the Philippines.[18]

Struggles

Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain

On August 4, 2008, the

natural resources.[20]

The MOA-AD was initialed by former governor and peace panel chair Rodolfo García and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process

Hermogenes Esperon and MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal on July 27 in Malaysia. It was scheduled for formal signing on August 5, but the Supreme Court issued no negotiation preventing the executive department from signing the agreement.[21] The MOA-AD is the last of several agenda items under the 2001 agreement of the GRP-MILF. after security and relief and rehabilitation, prior to the discussion on the political settlement.[21]

The Young Moro Professionals Network (YMPN) appealed to the public not to be afraid of the MOA-AD and to "open your hearts to the Moro grievance".[22] The YMPN said in a statement dated August 21:

"In these times of hardship, we hold hands as one, with our Christian and Islamic neighbours, in the name of peace, acceptance and justice. We are committed to democratic and peaceful resolution of the conflict. Do not be afraid of the MOA-AD. To the national public, open your hearts to the Moro grievance.[22] "

Over the next month, several MILF commanders were tagged by government officials as having initiated an offensive campaign. This was responded by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, which immediately deployed ten battalions composed of a total of 6,000 soldiers into Mindanao under the command of Lt. Gen. Cardozo Luna.[23] The violence displaced over 600,000 people and left about 300 dead.[24]

On October 14, 2008, the Court conducted a series of divided votes declared "contrary to law and the Constitution" the MOA-AD of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and Moro Islamic Liberation Front Tripoli Agreement of Peace on 2001. The document of Conchita Carpio-Morales ruled: "In sum, the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process committed grave abuse of discretion when he failed to carry out the pertinent consultation process. The furtive process by which the MOA-AD was designed and crafted runs contrary to and in excess of the legal authority and amounts to a whimsical, capricious, oppressive, arbitrary and despotic exercise thereof. It illustrates a gross evasion of positive duty and a virtual refusal to perform the duty enjoined."[25][26][27]

Civil society organizations such as Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society had submitted a Motion for Reconsideration. However, the Supreme Court affirmed its October 14 ruling that declared unconstitutional the initialed MOA-AD between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on November 21, 2008.[21]

MILF soldiers offered to help free the Irish priest father Michael Sinott, who was kidnapped in the Philippines on October 14, 2009 and sought permission to deploy about 100 of its soldiers in the area where Sinnott is believed to be held. However it was turned down by the Philippine government.

Modification of demands

On September 23, 2010, Mohagher Iqbal said that the MILF will pursue a substate, likened to a U.S. state, instead of independence from the Philippines. The Muslim substate would not exercise power over national defense, foreign affairs, currency and coinage, and postal services, which the central government exercises. Igbal further added that the substate would not have its own armed forces but instead would have troops for internal security.[28]

Peace talks

Main article:
Peace process with the Bangsamoro in the Philippines

On October 7, 2012, President

Bangsamoro after the Moro people.[32]

Chief peace negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer said that the government was cautiously optimistic for a final agreement soon following six days of talks on July 13, 2013. He said: "This signing indicates that both sides are really committed to finish the peace negotiations. Nobody wants this not to reach its fruition." The agreement would see government allowances for the MILF to have a 75 percent share of earnings from natural resources and metallic minerals in a proposed autonomous region. For other energy resources, earnings would be split equally in accordance with Malaysia-brokered talks.[33]

Peace agreement

On January 24, 2014, Philippine government chief negotiator Miriam Coronel Ferer and MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal signed a peace agreement in Kuala Lumpur. The agreement would pave the way for the creation of the new Muslim autonomous entity called "Bangsamoro" under a law to be approved by the Philippine Congress. The government aims to set up the region by 2016. The agreement calls for Muslim self-rule in parts of the southern Philippines in exchange for a deactivation of rebel forces by the MILF. MILF forces would turn over their firearms to a third party selected by the MILF and the Philippine government. A regional police force would be established, and the Philippine military would reduce the presence of troops and help disband private armies in the area.[34]

See also

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  33. ^ "Philippines and rebels reach 'wealth deal'". aljazeera.com.
  34. ^ "Philippine peace breakthrough". Bangkok Post. January 25, 2014.

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