ZAMBOANGA CITY: Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Founding Chairman Nur Misuari has revived the secessionist movement and formally established their federated state, naming himself president following the declaration of independence last Monday in Sulu, according to an MNLF official.
Habib Muhahab Hashim, Chairman of the MNLF Islamic Command Council (ICC), said Misuari’s chief of staff Murshi Ibrahim had confirmed in a statement that Misuari declared last August 12 the independence of the Bangsamoro Republik in Daira, Barangay Lampaya, in Talipao, Sulu.
Hashim said Misuari also designated himself as the commander-in-chief of the Bangsamoro Armed Forces (BAF).
“For all peace and freedom loving people of the world and oppressed Bangsamoro, Salam. For the sake of peace and egalitarian democracy, HE Prof Nur Misuari of the Bangsamoro Republik and commander-in-chief of the BAF, has declared the independence of the Bangsamoro Republik in Daira Lampaya, Talipao Autonomous Federated State of Lupah Sug,” Hashim quoted the statement of Ibrahim.
Misuari’s legal counsel Emmanuel Fontanilla, however, claimed that the new state also includes Sabah and Sarawak.
The Philippine Star
