MILF vice chair Ghazali Jaafar passes away

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(L to R) Philippine Secretary of the Peace Process Jesus Dureza, Al-Hajj Murad, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Ghazali Jaafar, vice chairman of MILF, join hands holding a proposed draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) during a ceremony at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on July 17, 2017./ AFP / Ted Aljibe/

(Eagle News)–Moro Islamic Liberation Front vice chair Ghazali Jaafar has died.

He was 75 years old.

In a radio interview, Professor Raby B. Angkal, chief of staff of the Office of the Chairman of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission and also the Jaafar family spokesperson, said Jaafar had been hospitalized due to a heart problem.

Jaafar had been appointed as speaker of the parliament of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which replaced the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao via the Bangsamoro Organic Law.