BBL or nothing – Aquino

The Aquino Administration will press Congress to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) as it has pledged to do under a peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said on Tuesday.

“Uulitin natin, tuloy na tuloy ito [We repeat, there’s no stopping the BBL]. There is not a better alternative for the rest of the country . . . It’s time to make a stand . . . Am I for peace or am I for war? I don’t think there is any politician who will stand up to say ‘I am for war,’ ” he quoted Aquino as saying during his meeting with leaders of the House of Representatives on Monday morning.