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A top leader of the Philippines’ largest Muslim separatist rebel group, who was a key supporter for a peace agreement signed with the government in 2014, died Wednesday due to a lingering illness.
Ghazali Jaafar, a vice president of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), was hailed as a “warrior of peace” for heading the rebel group’s negotiating panel in the peace talks. He was 75.
“Mr Jaafar was a warrior of peace,” said presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo. “He has fought many battles for peace and may Allah grant him a place in Jannah (paradise).” “Jaafar had been instrumental to the quest for peace in Mindanao as (the military’s) dependable partner in that elusive aspiration,” added Brigadier General Edargd Arevalo, a military spokesman.
“His insights and dedication as a person as a peace advocate will be his enduring legacy - not only to the Bangsamoro people but to the entire nation as well,” Arevalo said.
Jaafar was the chairman of the MILF peace negotiating panel when the group signed the peace agreement with the government in 2014.
Manila
A top leader of the Philippines’ largest Muslim separatist rebel group, who was a key supporter for a peace agreement signed with the government in 2014, died Wednesday due to a lingering illness.
Ghazali Jaafar, a vice president of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), was hailed as a “warrior of peace” for heading the rebel group’s negotiating panel in the peace talks. He was 75.
“Mr Jaafar was a warrior of peace,” said presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo. “He has fought many battles for peace and may Allah grant him a place in Jannah (paradise).” “Jaafar had been instrumental to the quest for peace in Mindanao as (the military’s) dependable partner in that elusive aspiration,” added Brigadier General Edargd Arevalo, a military spokesman.
“His insights and dedication as a person as a peace advocate will be his enduring legacy - not only to the Bangsamoro people but to the entire nation as well,” Arevalo said.
Jaafar was the chairman of the MILF peace negotiating panel when the group signed the peace agreement with the government in 2014.
