MILF: PNoy to meet anew with officials, lawmakers on BBL

Posted to the MILF Website (Jan 9): PNoy to meet anew with officials, lawmakers on BBL



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In a report by Inquirer.net on Friday, January 8, President Benigno Aquino III or PNoy said that he plans to meet once again with officials and lawmakers to push for the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) saying that such would thrust Mindanao and the entire country “further into the global spotlight.” President Aquino was in Davao City to inaugurate a 300-megawatt Davao baseload plant.

“The BBL is necessary to be passed at the soonest possible time to ensure “inclusive governance” in the said region”, PNoy said.

“Each time I speak about Mindanao, I mention how the goal for our administration is to transform it, from the Land of Promise, to the Land of Promises Fulfilled, and over the past few years, we have seen the beginnings of this transformation. You have heard me say before that the mode of governance is so dependent [on] ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) on having the right leader,” the President said.

“We need to make sure that his region has a framework that can truly make good, inclusive governance the norm rather than the exception. This is why we need to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law in the soonest possible time. For my part, I believe it would certainly push Mindanao, and the Philippines, further into the global spotlight,” he added.

“We have a meeting, if I’m not mistaken, next week with the House of Representatives precisely to push for the passage of the BBL. Congressman Rufus Rodriguez tells me that they are about to finish the “turno en contra” stage and after that, voting will proceed. So there are high hopes that BBL will be passed, Inquirer.net quoting PNoy saying.

 “We will continue to focus the national coffers towards infrastructure development so that those who have historically been left behind are given a boost up so they can catch up; and I am certain that, if we continue working together—both public and private sector alike—we can truly give rise to a Mindanao that reaches its full potential, and prove, once more, that nothing is impossible to a united Filipino people,” said Aquino.
Congress will resume its sessions on January 18.

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