Saturday, August 23, 2014

Muslim Ulamas to push for approval of BBL

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 23): Muslim Ulamas to push for approval of BBL

The religious leaders of the Muslim community in Lanao Del Sur will hold a summit on Sunday to push for the approval of the Bangsa Basic Law (BBL) at the earliest.

Ahmad Lao, the spokesperson of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Lanao Del Norte, said that the Ulamas (Muslim religious leaders) will converge at the provincial capital grounds to encourage the local Muslim community to support the early approval of the BBL.

Commissioner Sheik Said, a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Committee, said that the government panel and the MILF have already ironed out some kinks in the BBL that would be submitted to Congress for approval into law.

He said that the final draft of the BBL is now being reviewed by the Office of the President pending the approval and endorsement of President Aquino for Congressional approval.

Lao said that religious leaders of the Muslim community is pushing for the early approval of the BBL in that the holding of the plebiscite that would create the Bangsamoro homeland in Mindanao could be initiated soon.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=676101

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