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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1432745" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front said Wednesday it hoped lawmakers would come up with a draft Bangsamoro Law that is as close to the version proposed by a transition commission.</p><p>While the Senate&#x27;s and the House of Representatives&#x27; versions were &quot;not exactly&quot; watered down, the MILF wants &quot;more,&quot; said the rebel group&#x27;s vice chairman for political affairs Ghazali Jaafar.</p><p>These include restoring the full block grant for the Bangsamoro from government revenues as the development of Moro lands will need more funds, Jaafar told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><p>&quot;Gusto namin &#x27;yung mga proposal namin sa BBL maipasok &#x27;yan lahat. Hindi man buo, at least it will not be diluted or it will not be watered down,&quot; he told ANC, referring to the Bangsamoro Basic Law.</p><p>(We want our proposals to be included in the final version of the BBL. If not all our proposals, at least the final version should not be watered-down.)</p><p>Jaafar co-chaired the Bangsamoro Transition Commission which drafted the BBL and submitted it to the Senate and the House.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/05/31/balloons.jpg"/><figcaption>Muslim residents and government officials release balloons at the provincial capitol to commemorate the anniversary of the conflict in the Marawi City. <em>Neil Jerome Morales, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>The two chambers passed their respective versions late Wednesday and a bicameral conference will convene to reconcile the drafts before President Rodrigo Duterte can sign it into law.</p><p>Jaafar said the House version had 9 amendments to the Transition Commission&#x27;s proposal.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/30/18/senate-house-approve-proposed-bangsamoro-basic-law">Senate, House approve proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law</a></li></ul><p>The BBL will create a Bangsamoro political entity with greater autonomy in place of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), which Jaafar believes is a failed experiment.</p><p>Passing the BBL is among the requirements under the peace deal between the MILF and the government under former President Benigno Aquino III in 2014.</p><p>The BBL failed to pass under Aquino due to public outrage over the 44 police commandos in a botched anti-terrorism operation in the remote town of Mamasapano in January 2015.</p><p>The state troops encountered rebel forces, including MILF forces, as they hunted down Malaysian bomb-maker Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan, who was eventually killed.</p>

<p>The Moro Islamic Liberation Front said Wednesday it hoped lawmakers would come up with a draft Bangsamoro law that is as close to the version proposed by a transition commission.</p>

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front said Wednesday it hoped lawmakers would come up with a draft Bangsamoro law that is as close to the version proposed by a transition commission.