CONGRESS should expedite the passage of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) or the country will be headed for trouble, President Rodrigo Duterte has warned. AdvertisementsThe President made the appeal in his departure speech at the Davao International Airport before leaving for Japan for a working visit. I hope Congress could expedite approval of the BBL. I have committed to the MILF, MNLF, that we will work for a federal set up of government,” Duterte said. The Bangsamoro Transition Commission—a panel whose members are from the government and the MILF ranks—had submitted a draft BBL to Congress but no lawmaker has agreed to endorse it.

Source: Manila Times October 30, 2017 16:30 UTC