 The regional trial court in Makati has approved the request of detained Moro leader Nur Misuari to travel to Sulu to file his certificate of candidacy on March 20. Misuari has been detained for alleged rebellion since January 7, 2002 first at Santa Rosa, Laguna, then at the St. LukeÂ’s hospital early last year and from there in a two-story house in New Manila, Quezon City. The court in a decision dated March 15 but handed over on March 16, granted MisuariÂ’s motion for leave to file his certificate of candidacy at the office of the provincial Commission on Elections supervisor in Jolo, Sulu on March 20. The former governor of the five-province, one-city Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is running for Sulu governor. Misuari was given only one day for the travel and his co-accused, Ustadz Abuharis Usman, has been allowed to accompany him. The court also allowed Misuari to fly to Jolo, Sulu on December 14, 2006, to register as voter. |