By Gerry Gorit
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, (PNA) — About 50 members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) here led a rally dubbed as “Prayer for Peace in Mindanao” at the Divisoria Plaza on Sunday.
Sammy Tagalog, head of the MNLF in Northern Mindanao, said the peace rally was also participated by Christians and other religious groups who want an end to the Zamboanga City armed clashes between former MNLF rebels and government forces.
He said that the MNLF in Northern Mindanao has nothing to do with the ongoing armed skirmishes with government troopers in Zamboanga City.
“We have been living in peace since the MNLF and the government forged a peace pact in 1996 and provided the MNLF various livelihood projects in the region,” Tagalog said.
Other Christian and religious groups that joined the prayer for peace rally here were representatives from the Aid to Life Ministries, Jesus for All Nations, Youth of Glory, Lamp Foundation and the Philippine Envangelical Network in praying for peace.
During the prayer rally, the MNLF and other sectoral groups signed a covenant to build a culture of peace in the region in particular, and in Mindanao in general.