SEN. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday expressed readiness to defend his proposed Basic Law on Bangsamoro Autonomous Region when the period of interpellation on the measure begins next week although he is not expecting to have a tough time defending it.

Marcos, who heads the Senate Committee on Local Government, officially sponsored the proposed Bangsamoro law or Senate Bill 2849 in plenary on Wednesday marking the start of plenary debates that he expects to take six weeks.

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