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President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to sign the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) before delivering his third speech on the state of the nation (Sona) on July 23, Malacañang said Wednesday (July 11th).
"The passage of Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque Jr. said in a statement
that this developed after Duterte met with members of the bicameral conference committee on the BBL At the palace of Malacañan Wednesday afternoon
In order to find an acceptable and definitive version of the proposed BBL, the bicameral conference of Congress presented to Duterte the disputed provisions of the territory and the plebiscite of Bangsamoro.
Duterte May 29 called the BBL bill an urgent one, which prompted the Senate and House of Representatives to approve their respective versions of the bill.
The bill is aimed at the installation of A new Bangsamoro political party that will replace the Muslim Mindanao Autonomous Region (ARMM) in an attempt to correct the historical injustices suffered by the Moro people.
The deliberate bicameral panel rant on the different versions of the proposed BBL, however, has reached a stalemate on the inclusion of 39 villages of North Cotabato and six municipalities from Lanao del Norte to the Bangsamoro region, and how the plebiscite will be conducted.
Roque said that the president was able to persuade the bicameral panel to adopt the, allowing 39 villages of North Cotabato and six cities of Lanao del Norte to reach the Bangsamoro area envisioned through a plebiscite [19659002] "[I am] pleased to announce that the President has facilitated the passage of the BBL by convincing both houses of Congress to adopt the BBL's home version," said the head of the Palae in a statement [19659010] "[The draft BBL should provide] that the six municipalities of Lanao del Norte and the 39 villages of North Cotabato could vote to join the territory of the BBL in a referendum held on the territory of the mother of the regions concerned," she said. -he says. (SunStar Philippines)
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