MILF, lawmakers urged to ‘cool down’

University professors on Friday called on leaders and supporters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and lawmakers from both houses of Congress to cool down because high emotions are not conducive for crafting the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

“They should stop the exchanges of unpalatable words and put a break to their offensives,” said Dr. Ricardo Trota Jose, a University of the Philippines (Diliman) professor who delivered his paper on ‘Muslim Filipinos and the Making of a Nation’ at a forum held on Friday at the National Historical Commission building on Kalaw Avenue, Manila in line with the first anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.