It looks like the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is going back to the drawing board. Speaking in Malacañang on Tuesday after signing the 2018 national budget and the tax reform law, President Duterte cast doubt on the draft BBL, saying he did not think it could withstand a constitutional challenge. ADVERTISEMENTIn August, Malacañang transmitted to Congress the draft BBL prepared by the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC). Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III on Wednesday said the draft BBL might indeed contain unconstitutional provisions, and asked Malacañang to point these out. Pimentel spoke as a Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri started to deliberate on the proposed BBL.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 20, 2017 23:25 UTC