[MINDANAO 2022] Bangsamoro in transition: all Moro liberation fronts now represented in BTA

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 January) — Many had given up hope of seeing Moro revolutionary leaders Nur Misuari, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim and Muslimin Sema – now in their 70s and 80s – in one venue…

DAVAO CITY — Many had given up hope of seeing Moro revolutionary leaders Nur Misuari, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim and Muslimin Sema – now in their 70s and 80s – in one venue, embracing each other like long-lost brothers and vowing to work together for the Bangsamoro that they have been fighting for since half a century ago.

Although the reconciliation happened under the Marcos administration, the decision of the MNLF under Misuari to be part of the MILF-led BTA happened under the Duterte administration, in December last year. BARMM comprises the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao . Sulu, and Tawi-tawi, and the cities of Marawi, Lamitan and Cotabato.

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. addresses the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority on Friday, August 12, 2022 in Malacanang. Photo courtesy of the Office of the President Another daughter, Nur-Ainee, is now a Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Social Services and Development. Misuari signed two peace agreements – the 1976 Tripoli Agreement under the Marcos Sr. administration and the 1996 Final Peace Agreement under the Ramos administration. Murad succeeded Salamat Hashim as MILF chair after Hashim succumbed to an illness in July 2003.

Hashim eventually left Misuari to set up the MILF in the late 1970s while Sema would join 14 other MNLF leaders in setting up the Executive Council to take over leadership from Misuari in April 2001. The Sema faction supported the MILF peace agreement as “partial fulfillment” of the MNLF peace agreements.

Nur Misuari, founding chair of the Moro National Liberation Front welcomes Bangsamoro Chief Minister and chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim in his residence in Davao City on Sunday afternoon, 11 September 2022, marking the first time in over two decades that the leaders of both fronts sat down to talk with each other. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO

Misuari’s eldest son, Abdulkarim, is one of eight Deputy Speakers in the BTA; Sema’s eldest son, Omar Yasser, who was in the first BTA, is also a Deputy Speaker. Salamat Hashim’s eldest son, Abdullah is also an MP.

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