Philippine peace talks to continue despite threats‎ from renegade MILF leader

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Philippine peace talks to continue despite threats‎ from renegade <deleted> leader

2011-09-02 06:48:44 GMT+7 (ICT)

MANILA (BNO NEWS) -- The Philippines on Thursday said that peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (<deleted>) will continue despite the threat of renegade rebel leader Ameril Umbra Kato, a government official said.

Kato, who split with the <deleted> and formed his own group called Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, has reportedly threatened to disrupt the ongoing peace negotiations. "Both sides, the Philippine government and the <deleted>, are committed to making this process move forward and we will work together to make sure that attempts to disrupt it will not succeed," Communications Secretary Ramon Carandang said at a press conference.

Kato has also warned to attack ongoing exercises between Filipino soldiers and United States forces in the southern province of Maguindanao. Carandang, however, said there is sufficient security being provided for the U.S. soldiers and that there is no government plan to change the military drills.

Carandang also commented on some <deleted> officials who have been making the rounds of diplomatic officials as well as the business community in the past months. He said that consultation is necessary to get support of the majority of the people during the peace negotiations.

A failed Muslim homeland deal in 2008 resulted in attacks by rebel forces led by Kato. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands displaced after the top rebel commander and his men carried out attacks in Mindanao.

Kato has criticized <deleted> chieftain Murad Ebrahim for 'betraying' rebel forces after he agreed to a secret meeting called by President Aquino in Japan last month. The renegade leader has repeatedly said that the <deleted> should pursue independence in Mindanao, home to some four million Muslims in a region of about 18 million mostly Christian inhabitants.

The <deleted> rejected a new government offer for wider autonomy in Mindanao and insisted on a sub-state in the mineral-rich region late last month. The rebel group said there is nothing to fear with its proposal because the central government will still manage foreign relations, national defense, coinage and currency, and postal services.



The rebels have previously branded the five-province Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao as a failure since it remains as one of the poorest in the country. They have repeatedly called on the government to amend the Constitution that would allow the creation of a Muslim sub-state in Mindanao.

The <deleted> entered into peace negotiations with the government in 1997, but despite a ceasefire agreement, the southern Philippines continues to see violence. The rebel group has been fighting against the Government of the Philippines since 1977 for the establishment of an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines.

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