WITH the submission to the Senate by Sen. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Local Government, of his substitute bill to the Aquino version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), full deliberation and debate can now proceed on the legislative measure that can best serve the primary objective of achieving peace and development in Mindanao and Sulu

The substitute measure, Senate Bill No. 2894, entitled “An Act Providing for the Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region,” effects a change in acronyms from BBL to BAR. But it involves more than just a change in initials. It involves a far more profound and far-reaching change in legislative intent and reach. The substitute bill aspires to be inclusive of all groups, Muslim and non-Muslim, in Mindanao. And it involves them in all aspects of governance. And it embraces the objective of development for the autonomous region.

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