The horrific massacre of Special Action Force (SAF) troops last year in Mamasapano stopped dead the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), one of the main projects of President Benigno S. Aquino 3rd, whose incompetence and hubris in undertaking Oplan Exodus resulted in that carnage.

That was, in a way, also the thinking of Senate President Franklin Drilon: “We were on our way to approving the BBL. The committee hearings were going smoothly until the Mamasapano incident took place. The environment became very toxic. I can say that, I think, the BBL is the 45th victim in Mamasapano.”

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