House and Senate leaders have identitifed a shortlist of priorities they intend to focus on in the next few weeks.
Read more: Bangsamoro law in shortlist of Senate-Congress priorities
Accomplishment of the review process aims to resolve the contentions between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) regarding the implementation of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement.
Read more: PH government pushes completion of Tripartite Review Process for MNLF peace deal
Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong R. Marcos Jr. said it may take six weeks before the Senate can wrap up its deliberations on the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, or Senate Bill 2894, his substitute bill to the Malacañang-proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law | The Standard
Government peace panel chairman Miriam Coronel-Ferrer has urged Congress to have extra session days to ensure the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law this month | Philippine Star
Read more: Congress urged: Hold extra session days to pass BBL
Senator Teofisto “TG” D. Guingona III reminded his colleagues in the Senate that the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region is more than just a legislative document, highlighting the bill’s cultural and historical importance to the Bangsamoro region’s quest for self-determination and genuine autonomy.
Read more: BBL’s cultural, historical context paramount in Senate debate—Guingona