Non-passage of BBL not total rejection - OPAPP

From the Philippine Information Agency (Feb 8): Non-passage of BBL not total rejection - OPAPP

The non-passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law(BBL) in the 16th Congress did not mean a total rejection.

So said Attorney Armi Beatriz Bayot, speaker of the Office of the Presidential Assistant on Peace Process(OPAPP) during the recently held BBL Summit in the city.

Speaking before media, government information officers and local officials, Bayot explained it was due to the lack of quorum why the bill did not pass as expected.

However, it is hoped that the next administration would still consider it a priority, given the gains the Peace Process has obtained in the number of years of struggle in order to achieve the trust and confidence of the Bangsamoro people and their representatives.

“We cannot just leave it at bay”, Atty. Bayot said, as she referred to the signed Memorandum of Agreement with the Moro National Liberation Front(MNLF) which is so an important document to start-up a peace talk with the group representing the 13 minority groups of Mindanao.

The lady lawyer who has been a member of the legal team of the peace panel since 2010 is truly hopeful that BBL would pass, if only to liberate the thousands of women, children and elderly in that part of the country, who had been deprived of peaceful and loving community that they rightfully deserve

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