ONE of the vice chairpersons of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law on Tuesday night said the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) “wanted the moon and the stars and everything” within the framework of the Constitution but is getting only the “rays of the sun.”
“The MILF wanted the moon and stars and everything but because the Bangsamoro Basic Law has to… conform to the Constitution, I think they have to content themselves with the rays of the sun,” Maguindanao Rep. Bai Sandra Sema said.
Sema, who took the sponsorship role in the Tuesday night interpellation by Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan, is the wife of Muslimin Sema, leader of one of the factions of the Moro National Liberation Front.
There wasn’t a debate on Tuesday night between Ilagan and Sema as the latter agreed mostly with the points Ilagan raised, such as self-determination, structural reforms, and addressing the roots of historical injustice committed against the Bangsamoro people.-carolyn arguillas of mindanews
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