The Moro Negotiations

December 4, 2000

Ali Alatas *


For a quarter of a century, the Muslim citizens of the Philippine island of Mindanao have been fighting for its independence. But finally, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), led by Professor Nur Misuari, failed to achieve its demand for full independence and agreed to accept wide autonomy as part of the unitary Republic of the Philippines. The process of persuading the freedom fighters to pay attention to the content rathe

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