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OPAPRU: Appointment of new BARMM officials legal
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) affirmed that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s appointment of a new chief minister for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is legal and does not violate the peace accord with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
President Marcos Jr. appointed Abdulrauf Macacua, the chief of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces-MILF, to the position on March 3, replacing Ahod Ebrahim, the MILF chairman.
Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity Carlito Galvez Jr. stated that the appointment is permissible and poses no issues.
OPAPRU's initiatives are designed to support the national government's peace efforts with both the MILF and the Moro National Liberation Front.
Both MILF and MNLF have separate peace agreements that were negotiated over extended periods with the support of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
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