Bangsamoro homeland top priority in Congress

The Bangsamoro Basic Law—which would establish a Bangsamoro Region—should be submitted to Congress by March because it is deemed the top priority legislation of the House of Representatives, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said.

Belmonte, who represents the Fourth District of Quezon City, was referring to the Bangsamoro Basic Law, an offshoot of the Framework Peace Agreement signed between the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), ending the latter’s 40-year armed struggle.