{"id":46811,"date":"2015-04-14T08:39:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T00:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=46811"},"modified":"2015-04-14T08:39:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T00:39:12","slug":"iqbal-asks-senate-not-to-reveal-his-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/14\/iqbal-asks-senate-not-to-reveal-his-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Iqbal asks Senate not to reveal his name"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MILF Chief Peace Negotiator Mohagher Iqbal at Thursday’s (Feb 12, 2015) Senate hearing on the Mamasapano clash (Photo courtesy of Sen. Grace Poe’s Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA —\u00a0MORO Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal on Monday requested the senators not to reveal his true identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe use nom de guerre to protect myself, my family, and the struggle. If I was harmed and killed, perhaps I would not be here in this august body,\u201d Iqbal said.<\/p>\n

Citing security risks, Iqbal said that the situation behind his use of an alias was “complicated.”<\/p>\n

Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Senate committee chair on local government, however insisted that Iqbal reveals his true identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not inspire confidence in anyone, when you\u2019re sitting across the table and you\u2019re not sure of the identity of the person you\u2019re talking to,” Marcos said.<\/p>\n

But Iqbal told the Senate that he will only reveal his name once the Bangsamoro Basic Law, which seeks to create the Bangsamoro political entity, was signed into a law.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the BBL is passed by Congress and hopefully ratified, that will be the time everything will normalize and we will disclose that,\u201d Iqbal said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut at this point in time, I request the Honorable body not to compel me to reveal my identity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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