ILOILO CITY, Philippines, February 27 (IslamOnline.net) - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) dismissed Friday, February 27, as an “interference” on the internal affairs of the Philippines, the carrot-and-stick offer made by the United States.

He stressed, "The statement of U.S. Embassy Charge d'Affaires Mussomeli is nothing but a manifestation that America wants to interfere in the peace process."

Kabalu further said the MILF “could not be bribed, cowed or threatened” into inking a peace accord with the government. He said they would seal an agreement with Manila only after their demands are met, while emphasizing, “The Bangsamoro struggle is not for sale.”

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) also denounced what it calls “U.S.' blackmailing of the Moro rebels to surrender to the puppet government in the peace talks and said that such is no different from its blackmailing of the CPP-led revolutionary movement.”

CPP spokesperson Gregorio Rosal denounced the U.S. for using its unilateral "terrorist" tag to force both the MILF and the CPP-New People's Army (NPA)-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to surrender to the puppet government in separate peace talks.

He told IslamOnline.net Friday; "All this smacks of outright interventionism and blatant blackmailing." He also said that the U.S. is doing this “with the servile complicity of the Arroyo government.”

Rosal explained that the U.S.' "carrot-before-stick" condition to the MILF and the "stick-before-carrot" condition to CPP-NPA-NDF is different only as a half-filled glass is different from a half-empty glass.

"The U.S. said it would remove its 'terrorist' tag on CPP-NPA-NDF only if the latter would submit to the puppet government in the peace talks. In the same vein but from another direction, the U.S. is threatening to apply the tag on MILF and declare it as its enemy should it not yield to the puppet government in separate peace talks."

Rosal said that the U.S., “as a self-appointed world's policeman, has unilaterally and arrogantly arrogated the right to determine a listing of terrorists, using its self-interest as its ultimate standard.”

"It calls this or that genuine revolutionary organization as 'terrorist' and hides the fact that it is itself the world's no. 1 terrorist," Rosal said.

Mussomeli said on Thursday that the American government is considering the possible inclusion of the MILF in Washington's blacklist of "foreign terrorist organizations" if it fails to enter into a peace accord with the Manila government.

However, if a genuine peace accord is reached, “there is very little reason” to put the MILF on the enemy list. Besides that, a $30-million aid package is in store for Mindanao once a peace treaty is signed.

The MILF, which is fighting to re-possess the Filipino Muslim homeland, has denounced terrorism and vowed it has no contacts or any relationship with any of the alleged terror groups.