Lawmaker shrugs off MILF threat of keeping arms

THE House of Representatives won’t give in to threats from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) of stopping its decommissioning of arms in the event that a watered down Bangsamoro law is passed, according to a lawmaker.

Rep. Gary Alejano of Magdalo party-list made the stance after the MILF issued a statement saying, “Both the House and the Senate versions of the BBL have seriously unnerved or mutilated the right leg and amputated the left leg, so much so that if it is not restored would render the Bangsamoro entity inutile. For sure, the MILF will reject it outright, and worse the various aspects of the normalization process including decommissioning of its weapons and combatants will come to a halt.”