Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim talks to reporters about the decommissioning ceremony that President Rodrigo R. Duterte is set to attend at the old provincial capitol grounds in Barangay Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Saturday (Sept. 7, 2019). (Photo courtesy of BPI- BARMM)

MILF ready for decommissioning process slated on Sept. 7

• Sep 5, 2019
• Alexander Iskandar, Luwaran
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Sultan Kudarat Maguindanao- The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said it is ready for the decommissioning process this Saturday (September 7), said a report by Philippine News Agency (PNA).

“All is set, everybody is ready, the firearms to be decommissioned are ready,” Interim Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) told reporters Monday.

“There are about1,026 MILF combatants with more than 900 guns to be decommissioned during the event at the old Maguindanao Capitol in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao to be attended by Pres. Rodrigo Duterte.

PNA described in its report on August 3, that security around the old provincial capitol has been tight, with members of Philippine Marines securing the five-hectare grounds.

In a statement, Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Carlito Galvez said the upcoming ceremony is part of the mainstreaming and normalization of MILF combatants, which aims to decommission 30 percent or 12,000 out of the 40,000 MILF members slated this year.

About 35 percent of the armed MILF forces will undergo the same procedure later this year and next year, and the rest until 2022.

After all provisions of the Comprehensive on the Bangsamoro (CAB) has been implemented, the GPH-MILF Peace Implementing Panels will sign the Exit Agreement. (Source: PNA) 

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