In separate interviews, senators said they are looking to front-load deliberations on BBL as soon as Congress reconvenes regular sessions in mid-May, despite their tight schedule | Business Mirror
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Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, chair of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws and concurrent vice-chair of the Committee on Electoral Reforms and Peoples’ Participation, led the hearing.
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The bill was filed on February 28, 2018 and is awaiting second reading.
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Passing the Bangsamoro Basic Law could be a road to a just and dignified peace not only in Mindanao but in the whole Philippines, said one of the senators who authored the bill.
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In his sponsorship speech, Zubiri said the new proposed BBL will give Moro people the capability to assert their political and economic self-determination and pursue development programs according to their peculiar historical, cultural, religious and national identities | GMA News