MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 13 Dec) – Detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebel leader Nur Misuari has been allowed to return to his hometown in the troubled island of Jolo in the southern Philippines where he is to run for governor in next year’s elections.
A local court granted Misuari permission to register in Jolo island, about about 950 km south of Manila.“Chairman Nur will fly to Jolo tomorrow to register. He is running for governor (in) next year’s elections,” his aide Jamasali Abdurahman, who will accompany Misuari, said without elaborating.
Misuari, former governor of the five-province Muslim autonomous region, is facing rebellion charges after a failed MNLF uprising on Jolo island and Zamboanga City in 2001. The government accused Misuari of allegedly masterminding the attacks.
Misuari fled to Malaysia where he was arrested and was deported back to the Philippines.
The former Libyan firebrand had repeatedly denied his involvements in the attacks. Misuari signed a peace agreement with Manila on Sept. 2, 1996, but many rebels were disgruntled with the accord and accused the Arroyo government of reneging on the peace deal and for failing to uplift the living standards of Muslims in the strife-torn Mindanao island. (Mindanao Examiner)
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