THE proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) pending at the Senate and the House of Representatives is “comatose” and the 16th Congress may no longer be able to revive it, senators said on Wednesday.

Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government, said the killing of 44 Special Action Force (SAF) commandos by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has stopped the measure in its tracks.

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