"We needed peace like yesterday!"

                   

Senate President Franklin M. Drilon said today that the Senate would deliberate on the Bangsamoro Basic Law as soon as it receives the committee report to be submitted by Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Replying to the view that the June 11 target for the BBL to be approved is a "political deadline", Drilon said,  "Why not rush it? We needed peace like yesterday. Nobody is rushing it, but we should not delay it."

Drilon said the contentious issues in the BBL will be debated upon: "Nobody will impose anything on anyone. We will debate on it and try to address possible solutions." 

Drilon said the Senate can "have line-by-line, period-by-period amendments. You have seen how the Senate works, the period of individual amendments."

"Every senator has the right to suggest an individual amendment. We have a period of individual amendments where each senator can suggest amendments and have it voted upon in the floor," he added.

Drilon also clarified that the President had not talked to him about the BBL, and that any move to expedite the passage of the proposed law would be made only after the committee report has been submitted to the plenary.

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