By Jong D.
Cadion
ZAMBOANGA
CITY (March 02, 2018) - For the third time, the Congress held a
sub-committee hearing on the Bangsamoro Basic Law in Tawi-Tawi, Thursday (March
1), official said.
Western
Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) Cpt Jo-Ann D. Petinglay disclosed that the third
congressional hearing saw more than a thousand of attendees, including students
and local officials of Tawi-tawi, join the discussion on the proposed BBL that
seeks to replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Present were Deputy
Speaker Bai Sandra Sema and Congressmen Celso Lobregat, Pedro Acharon, Mauyag Papandayan,
Jr., Ruby Sahali, Amihilda Sangcopan, Raymond Democrito Mendoza, Jorge Almonte,
Leopoldo Bataoil, and Wilter Wee Palma II. Nineteen members of the Bangsamoro
Transition Commission led by the Chairman Gadzali Jaafar were also present
during the sub-committee hearing held at the Sandbar Resort in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi
at 10AM Thursday (March 1).
Cpt
Petinglay said that different sectors of society brought out issues for
clarifications addressed mostly to the members of the BTC. Inquiries on the
status of ARMM government employees, and status of elected municipal officials
once a Bangsamoro government is established were also asked. The activity ended
at 3PM with the Congressional delegates giving their statement of assurance in
support of the Bangsamoro Basic Law passage with considerations on the
recommendations and issues that were raised.
Party moved
from Bongao, Tawi-tawi to Zamboanga City via C130 and fokker plane for another
hearing the following day in Zamboanga Polytechnic Trade, Zamboanga City. Last
February 15 and 16, the first sub-committee hearings were held in Cotabato and
Davao City, the legislative hearings were continued in Luuk, Sulu; Isabela
City, Basilan; and Zamboanga City on February 21 and 23.
The
Congress has set the 4th sub-committee hearings in Maguindanao on March 8 and
in Koronadal, South Cotabato on March 9. The fifth
legislative hearing on the BBL is set on March 15 in Tubod, Lanao del norte and
on March 16 in Marawi City. On February 28, the Senate Committee on Local
Government, Ways and Means, and Finance, and the Subcommittee on the BBL
submitted Senate Bill No. 1717 (or the BBL).
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