First, lawmakers were fighting control over land – whether to allow certain towns and villages in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato to be part of the proposed Bangsamoro government.
Both chambers of Congress have approved their own versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law on the last day of sessions. What does the Filipino-Muslim community have to say about the proposed BBL?
Lawmakers approved on third and final reading the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law. But House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez admits in an earlier interview, he doubts whether it could withstand a Constitutional challenge.