Aquino’s well-deserved defeat

ALTHOUGH the inevitable was clear to most everybody at least several weeks ago, the Aquino Administration finally made it official over the weekend, acknowledging that its cherished Bangsamoro Basic Law cannot possibly be passed, and that the only thing left for this government to do is to try to provide for a “smooth transition of the peace process” to the next administration.

The failure of the BBL is a well-deserved defeat for President BS Aquino 3rd, who at one time had pretensions of being worthy of a Nobel Prize for his peace efforts. This president, who has caused so much damage to the institutions and unity of this country, could have literally torn it apart for the sake of his overweening self-importance if the BBL had made it through Congress. As it is, the next administration will have to work hard to undo the harm caused by Aquino’s personal – and according to a number of legal experts, largely illegal – “peace effort.”