IAG confirms today the appearance of Cagayan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez in Thursday’s (October 23) town hall meeting on emerging key issues on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

Rep. Rodriguez chairs the ad hoc committee deliberating on the BBL at the House of Representatives.

The town hall meeting comes on the sidelines of the House committee’s scheduled visit in south-central Mindanao to hear from the public views and insights on the basic law that will establish the Bangsamoro political entity in lieu of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

On October 22 to 24, the BBL committee will conduct a series of public consultations in Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato and General Santos City.

READ: Public consultations on the BBL this October

Admittance to the town hall meeting is by invitation only but it will be livestreamed on the IAG website (see link on the homepage) for the public. IAG will also live-tweet highlights of the event using its Twitter handle @IAGorgph. Audiences watching online may post comments or ask questions on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #BBLWatch.

The town hall meeting will start at 4:30 pm and will be moderated by IAG Executive Director Benedicto Bacani. IAG’s conference room will serve as the venue of the event.

"Emerging Key Issues on the Proposed BBL: A Town Hall Meeting with Cong. Rufus Rodriguez” is presented by the Institute for Autonomy and Governance (IAG), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), and Centrist Democracy Political Institute (CDPI).

#BBLWatch: Visit our coverage of the BBL deliberations in the Senate and House of Representatives