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Military Reform – 1996

The 1996 accord specified a plan to integrate at least 5, 750 MNLF combatants into the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with another 250 to be drawn into auxiliary units. The agreement called for the eventual integration of the maximum number of remaining MNLF forces into the Special Regional Security Force (SRSF). In November of 1996, screening began for MNLF fighters to be integrated into the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Following the screening process, MNLF officers and soldiers entered a formal training program.¹

1. Macapado A. Muslim, “Sustaining the Constituency for Moro Autonomy, ” in Compromising on Autonomy: Mindanao in Transition, ed. Mara Stankovitch (London: Conciliation Resources, 1999).