The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday was asked by a Mindanao and Muslim-based group not to declare unconstitutional an agreement forged by the government with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for the proposed creation of a Bangsamoro entity.

In a petition-in-intervention before the SC, the Mindanao Coalition of Developments (Mincode) pushed for the junking of the separate petitions of the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) and former Negros Oriental Rep. Jacinto Paras assailing the constitutionality of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), including the earlier Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) and its annexes.

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