Military, MILF in Lanao del Sur meet to ensure election-related deployments are coordinated

MILF vows support for peaceful midterm elections

THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) last Saturday, May 3, pledged support for peaceful and orderly national and local elections scheduled for May 12. The commitment was formalized at ceremonies held at the 103rd Infantry Brigade headquarters in Kampo Ranao, Marawi City, and at the 2nd Mechanized Brigade, Armor Division of the Philippine Army in Iligan City. Aleem Isah Bato, MILF Deputy Front Commander of North Western Mindanao, told a press…

Military, MILF in Lanao del Sur meet to ensure election-related deployments are coordinated

MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 04 May) —  The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and the Office of the Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (Opapru) gathered on Saturday commanders from the Army and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to a meeting to ensure deployments in the “areas of concern” in the province of Lanao del Sur are coordinated. Twenty out of 29 towns in Lanao del Sur  and Ma…