Duterte to meet with congress leaders and BTC on Sept. 14 on BBL

During his meeting Monday night with leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Malacanang, Pres. Duterte vowed to push for the passage of the BBL. 

BTC Chair Ghazali Jaafar told Mindanews  that the President met with them for about an hour on Monday afternoon to address “important issues na nagiging concern at apprehension ng mga kapatid natin sa Mindanao tungkol sa peace process at ang BBL.”

Jaafar said the September 14 meeting will be attended by the 20-member BTC, “the leadership of Senate and the Senate President including the leadership of House and the Speaker” who, he said, “are invited for further discussion of BBL.”

“There were substantive issues we discussed and agreed upon,” Jaafar said. He declined to provide details on the “substantive issues.”