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| MILF leader’s arrest labeled ‘bad timing’ |
| 2014-02-27 |
| Leaders of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have joined the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in calling for calm after the arrest of an MILF ground commander and his escorts on Sunday. ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman said, “Let us continue to preserve the gains of the peace process being undertaken by the government and the MILF. There should not be unnecessary moves that would rock the boat, but instead work for the common good of the Bangsamoro." Hataman described the incident as “wrong timing, bad timing, when we are already nearing the homestretch of our peace endeavor.” Chief Supt. Noel de los Reyes, regional police chief, said the police were “carrying out a court order” for Wahid Tundok’s arrest on arson and other criminal charges. The ARMM governor, who flew in from Manila on Monday, reminded security forces of an existing ceasefire agreement between the government and the MILF that formed truce monitors, such as the Ad-Hoc Joint Action Group, the Coordinated Committee of the Cessation of Hostilities, and the International Monitoring Team. Mayor Zahara Ampatuan of Sharif Aguak and Datu Saudi Mayor Samsodin Dimaukom visited Tundok at the headquarters of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, where he is being held. Ampatuan said, “He looks pale, perhaps because of his diabetes and the stress for the unexpected arrest." |
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