The Senate as it starts its session this year will give priority to the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and several bills aimed at improving the business climate, Senate President Franklin Drilon said.
The 75-member special committee of the House of Representatives headed by Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan De Oro City also resumed its hearing on the proposed Bangsamoro Law.
Rep. Rodriguez said that representatives of three factions of the Moro National Liberal Front (MNLF) led by Nur Misuari, Abul Khayr Alonto and Muslimin Sema and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were also invited to the hearing.
Mohagher Iqbal, MILF Chief Negotiator said that his presence in the congressional hearing is due to his being the Chairman of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) which crafted the BBL.
“We want to get the views of all stakeholders, including armed groups,” Rodriguez said.
Also invited were incumbent and former Mindanao officials, including Bukidnon Gov. Jose Zubiri Jr. and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, former senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr., former presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza, former Misamis Oriental lawmaker Homobono Adaza and Cagayan de Oro City Mayors Vicente Emano and Reuben Canoy.
About 60 other incumbent governors and city mayors were invited in another hearing on Wednesday.
Habib Mujahab Hashim, Chairman of the MNLF’s Islamic Command Council declined the invitation in view of their pending petition against the Comprehensive Agreement of the Bangsamoro (CAB).
He also said that, ‘Even Chairman Nur Misuari will not be sending representative to the hearings”.
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