Creation of Bangsamoro region runs counter to Constitution – senators

Eleven more senators have signed a committee report prepared by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago which concludes that the proposed law creating a Bangsamoro basic law autonomous region in the southern Philippines is unconstitutional. With 12 signatures – representing half of the Senate – the report is one signature short of a majority vote. Santiago, a constitutional expert, says the parliamentary form of government proposed in the law, which grants exclusive powers for the Bangsamoro region, constitutes an illegal substate. In contrast, the House of Representatives has passed the bill with its key provisions intact. The disagreement on the versions of the bill may make it impossible to enact the law by June 11, as the President wishes.

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