Congress should continue its deliberations on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic law (BBL) if it wants to test the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) commitment to peace.

1-BAP party-list Rep. Silvestre Bello 3rd, a former government negotiator for the peace talks with the National Democratic Front, issued this statement on Friday, ahead of Monday’s “judgment day” where members of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on the BBL will cast their votes on whether the panel will hammer out a BBL or suspend deliberations in light of the Mamasapano tragedy that killed 44 members of the Special Action Force (SAF).

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