The Philippine Star

Noy monitoring review of draft Bangsamoro Law

- By AUREA CALICA

President uino is personally monitoring the review of the draft of the angsamoro asic aw that will replace the organic act that created the utonomous egion in uslim indanao, alaca ang said yesterday.

eputy presidenti­al spo esperson bigail alte said over radio dzRB that uino made several follow-ups on the progress of the draft being wor ed on by the Palace legal team.

uino noted that the draft was about two or three inches thic .

alte uoted uino as saying am very cogni ant of the urgency but m also understand­ing of the tas at hand.

On riday, oro slamic iberation ront chief negotiator ohagher bal said he understood the due diligence being e ercised by uino and his officials before the bill would be transmitte­d to ongress for ratificati­on, but time was running out for the submission of the basic law.

he angsamoro ransition ommission, comprised of e - perts from the government and the and chaired by bal, drafted the bill forwarded to the Office of the President last month.

he drafting of the angsamoro asic aw is the ne t step after the signing of the omprehensi­ve greement on the angsamoro last arch .

Presidenti­al dviser on the Peace Process eresita eles was uoted in a report as saying that the draft bill would be submitted before ongress ad ourns on une .

he President is e pected to certify the bill as urgent.

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