Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Monday began joint deliberations to iron out the differences in their respective versions of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law.
Heading the panels for the bicameral conference committee were Senator Juan Miguel ""Migz" Zubiri and Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas, both majority leaders for each chamber.
Both lawmakers emphasized that they have to be guided by the Constitution in addressing contentious provisions of the proposed law creating the Bangsamoro political entity.
"The constitution, being the supreme law of the land, sets both the latitude and the delimitations of what we can incorporate in this basic law," said Zubiri.
"It is our task to see to it that whatever we agree and come up here will have to pass the test of constitutionality," stressed Fariñas.
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is confident the two panels will be able to come up with a consensus on the BBL provisions as they plan to ratify it when session resume in July 23.
This will be in time for President Rodrigo Duterte's State of the Nation Address later that day.
"My advice to the chairman of the Bicam, who is Senator Zubiri, i-tackle nila agad 'yung maaaring constitutional issues. As far as the issues are concerned, tingin ko 2-3 isyu lang ang matagal, di kaya ng isang araw," said Sotto.
Passing the BBL is among the requirements under the peace deal between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the government under former President Benigno Aquino III in 2014.
The BBL failed to pass under Aquino due to public outrage over the 44 police commandos in a botched anti-terrorism operation in the remote town of Mamasapano in January 2015.
The MILF hopes lawmakers would come up with a draft Bangsamoro Law that is close to the version proposed by the designated transition commission.
Heading the panels for the bicameral conference committee were Senator Juan Miguel ""Migz" Zubiri and Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas, both majority leaders for each chamber.
Both lawmakers emphasized that they have to be guided by the Constitution in addressing contentious provisions of the proposed law creating the Bangsamoro political entity.
"The constitution, being the supreme law of the land, sets both the latitude and the delimitations of what we can incorporate in this basic law," said Zubiri.
"It is our task to see to it that whatever we agree and come up here will have to pass the test of constitutionality," stressed Fariñas.
Bicameral Conference Committee meets today on the proposed BBL pic.twitter.com/DT1c1MFjai— RG Cruz ABS-CBN News (@1rgcruz) July 9, 2018
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III is confident the two panels will be able to come up with a consensus on the BBL provisions as they plan to ratify it when session resume in July 23.
This will be in time for President Rodrigo Duterte's State of the Nation Address later that day.
"My advice to the chairman of the Bicam, who is Senator Zubiri, i-tackle nila agad 'yung maaaring constitutional issues. As far as the issues are concerned, tingin ko 2-3 isyu lang ang matagal, di kaya ng isang araw," said Sotto.
Passing the BBL is among the requirements under the peace deal between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the government under former President Benigno Aquino III in 2014.
The BBL failed to pass under Aquino due to public outrage over the 44 police commandos in a botched anti-terrorism operation in the remote town of Mamasapano in January 2015.
The MILF hopes lawmakers would come up with a draft Bangsamoro Law that is close to the version proposed by the designated transition commission.
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