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Comment on Draft Bangsamoro Basic Law signed; ready for submission to President Duterte by ricky
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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 June) — The Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) has completed its task to draft a Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and is ready to submit it to President Rodrigo Duterte as soon as he is avaiable to receive it.
“Tapos na and ready for submission,” BTC chair Ghazali Jaafar told MindaNews in a text message Friday.
The new draft BBL consists of 114 pages and18 articles.
The draft BBL submitted to the Office of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III on April 22, 2014 was a 97-page, 18-article document.
Asked how different the draft is from the draft BBL under the Aquino administration, Jaafar, who is also 1st Vice Chair of the MILF, told MindaNews: “This new (draft) Bangsamoro law now accommodates all stakeholders in the areas of Bangasmoro — indigenous people, settlers or Christians, traditional leaders or sultans, women, youth and Ulama.
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