Editing Moro Islamic Liberation Front (section)

===Peace agreement===
On January 24, 2014, Philippine government chief negotiator Miriam Coronel Ferrer and MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal signed a peace agreement in [[Kuala Lumpur]]. The agreement would pave the way for the creation of the new Muslim autonomous entity called ''Bangsamoro'' under a law to be approved by the Philippine Congress. The government aimed to set up the region by 2016. The agreement called for Muslim self-rule in parts of the southern Philippines in exchange for a deactivation of rebel forces by the MILF. MILF forces would turn over their firearms to a third party selected by the MILF and the Philippine government. A regional police force would be established, and the Philippine military would reduce the presence of troops and help disband private armies in the area.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 25, 2014 |title=Philippine Peace Breakthrough |language=en |work=Bangkok Post |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/most-recent/391473/moro-rebels-take-major-step-toward-peace |access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref> President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] signed the law, a key step to ending a Muslim rebellion in the south of the mainly [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] Philippines.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 29, 2018 |title=Philippine Muslims Hope New Law Brings 'Dream of Peace' |language=en |work=Al Jazeera |agency=AFP |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/7/29/philippine-muslims-hope-new-law-brings-dream-of-peace |access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref> In early January 2020, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process announced progress exceeding its target for the decommissioning of MILF fighters, noting that "8,879 out of the 12,000 MILF combatants were decommissioned from the last quarter of 2019".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gita-Carlos |first=Ruth Abbey |date=January 17, 2020 |title=OPAPP 'Exceeded' Target in Decommissioning MILF |work=Philippine Canadian Inquirer |agency=Philippine News Agency |url=http://www.canadianinquirer.net/2020/01/17/opapp-exceeded-target-in-decommissioning-milf/ |access-date=June 27, 2022 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225074620/http://www.canadianinquirer.net/2020/01/17/opapp-exceeded-target-in-decommissioning-milf/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some former rebel fighters have joined the police and military to protect certain areas of the Bangsamoro region until an elected government is established in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gotinga |first=J. C. |date=November 24, 2019 |title=150 More MILF Soldiers Join Bangsamoro Security Team |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/245679-more-milf-soldiers-join-bangsamoro-security-team/ |access-date=June 27, 2022 |website=Rappler |language=en}}</ref>

As of 2023, the MILF is steering the BARMM and started decommissioning in 2019, and the peace negotiators are preparing for an exit agreement.<ref name="jop01"/>