The MILF Will Not Surrender Their Members That Involve In The Mamasapano Encounter Despite The DOJ Appeals

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front ( MILF ), emphasized  that they will not surrender their troops and will slapped with cases involving the bloody clash occurred in Mamasapano , Maguindanao last  January 25.

Ghadzali Jaafar, MILF vice chairman for political affairs, said that MILF-Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces,is a revolutionary group and  And they only defended  their own members for allegedly attacked of the Philippine National Police- Special Action Force ( PNP - SAF ).


We already said before that we can not surrender are troops because they did not commit any sin. Why do they surrender, they just forced to defend themselves . The fault  is in your SAF, they  go there and attacked their  village though they know that there MILF in that area , "said  by Jaafar.

Jaafar also added  that its unfair for MILF to simply arrest their members without charges filed .

If  they were arrested without proper charges that is injustice , unfair and should not happen . They are legitimate members of the MILF and they are revolutionaries , "he stated.

On Thursday , Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said that  90 members  from the MILF , the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, and private armed groups have been recommended charges for Mamasapano encounter. Based on the  released report by the National Bureau of Investigation ( NBI ) and the National Prosecution Service ( NPS ).

Justice secretary also called upon on the MILF to cooperate with the investigation to complete the report.

The Mamasapano encounter killed 44 SAF commandos, 17 MILF fighters, and 5 civilians.

During that time SAF troopers, are in the mission of  capturing Malaysian terrorist na si Zulkifli bin Hir, aka Marwan,  and the Filipino bomb maker Abdul Basit Usman.

Marwan was killed in the SAF mission but  Usman escaped.

Despite the planned of filing cases to some members of MILF , Jaafar insisted that the  Congress should pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law ( BBL ) that are affected  by the deliberations because of Mamasapano incident.

They Should continue the conversation in peace . If we are asked , they must pass the law because it needs to  t established the government of Bangsamoro at the right time . This is the peaceful solution to the problem in Mindanao , " said by the official .
source:GMA