Absenteeism derailing BBL passage – Ferrer

GOVERNMENT chief negotiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer on Monday appealed to members of Congress to attend the remaining session days to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), saying that lack of quorum and “absenteeism” smacks of “historical disunity.”

“Prior to recess, our Congress has been plagued by a lack of quorum and absenteeism. I call on our lawmakers, under the leadership of Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and Senate President Franklin Drilon, to collectively work together in passing this landmark legislation,” Ferrer said in a statement released by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).