Since 2001, there have been occasional armed hostilities between the MNLF and the AFP in the MNLF heartland of Jolo island in the Sulu archipelagic province. While a significant number of MNLF combatants has been integrated into the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP), there has been no disarmament or demobilization of the group. But the implementation of the 1996 final peace agreement has been contentious. 1 Several rounds of on-andoff peace negotiations over three decades were concluded in 1996 under the auspices of the OIC. Marcos in the early 1970s and was recognized as ‘the sole legitimate representative of Muslims in Southern Philippines (“Bangsamoro people”)’ by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). An Islamo-separatist movement, it led the armed resistance in Muslim Mindanao against the martial law regime of President Ferdinand E. CHAPTER 18 Moro National Liberation Front and its Bangsamoro Armed Forces (MNLF-BAF) Overview The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is the most significant rebel group to have entered into a final peace agreement with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).
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