With only two session days left before Congress takes a break, there is no more hope that the Bangsamoro bill will be approved within the year as Malacañang had earlier wished.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. himself admitted that there is no assurance that the proposed law creating the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region will be passed before Congress goes on its Christmas break. The last session day is on December 18.

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