Disenfranchisement, delayed opening of voting precincts mar Cotabato Bangsamoro plebiscite

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:25:55 +0000

Disenfranchisement, delayed opening of voting precincts mar Cotabato Bangsamoro plebiscite

Unarmed members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have been seen milling in front of almost all voting centers in the city.

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‘Vote, don’t be scared,’ Cotabato mayor tells people

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:18:25 +0000

'Vote, don't be scared,' Cotabato mayor tells people

The mayor of this city called on the people Monday to go out and vote despite harassment and grenade explosions that rocked the city on the eve of the plebiscite to ratify the law that will give the Moro Islamic Liberation Front full autonomy in the new Bangsamoro homeland.

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3,000 former MILF combatants to cast votes in today’s plebiscite

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2019 02:49:57 +0000

Close to 3,000 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would cast their votes in a plebiscite today, Monday, to ratify the Bangsamoro Organic Law.

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BIFF scoffs at BOL but promises not to disrupt plebiscite

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:23:48 +0000

BIFF scoffs at BOL but promises not to disrupt plebiscite

Breakaway members of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) slammed on Sunday the holding of a plebiscite on Monday to ratify a law that would put former colleagues at the helm of the autonomous region Bangsamoro, saying they would continue the fight for Islamic State in Mindanao.

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4 dead, 4 hurt in MILF infighting in Maguindanao

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2018 02:41:38 +0000

Four Moro civilians were killed and four others were reported injured when hit by stray bullets following sporadic gunfights Sunday.

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Philippine Muslims hope BOL to bring ‘dream of peace’

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members secure Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on the southern island of Mindanao on July 29, 2018. Nearly 100,000 members of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group gathered on July 29 to discuss a landmark law BOL granting them autonomy, expressing hope it would make their "dream of peace" a reality. / AFP PHOTO / FERDINANDH CABRERA

Members or supporters of the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group gathered in their tens of thousands on Sunday to discuss a landmark law granting them autonomy, with one expressing hope it would make their “dream of peace” a reality.

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