NUR Misuari and his close associates took pains to undergird the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) with a political and military rationale, a manifesto on the imperatives of secessionism in the specific context of Muslim Mindanao before the military actions to make the dreamed-of secessionist state even started. That was in the late 1960s, and by that time, Jose Ma. Sison, Nur s contemporary at the University of the Philippines, had finished his magnum opus on national democracy and his repudiation of the moribund Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (Pekape) in favor of a new party the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
The announced resumption of peace talks was the product of nearly two years of secret negotiations with the aim of ending domestic armed conflict so the Philippine military can focus on preparations for war with China.
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