{"id":41562,"date":"2015-02-10T09:50:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T01:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=41562"},"modified":"2015-02-10T09:50:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T01:50:41","slug":"bbl-hearings-shelved-indefinitely-by-house-of-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/10\/bbl-hearings-shelved-indefinitely-by-house-of-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"BBL hearings shelved indefinitely by House of Reps"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11350\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/house-of-representative-philippine-congress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11350\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/house-of-representative-philippine-congress.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Robert Vi\u00f1as \/ PCOO\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/house-of-representative-philippine-congress.jpg 750w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/house-of-representative-philippine-congress-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/house-of-representative-philippine-congress-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House of Representatives (Photo by Robert Vi\u00f1as \/ PCOO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 The hearing of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) has been suspended for an unspecified period of time by the House of Representatives, in light of the massacre of 44 commandos of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Forces (PNP-SAF) in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on January 25<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot meet our self-imposed deadline of endorsing our version of the BBL this month and having it passed by the House before our Lenten break next month because of this unfortunate incident in Mamasapano,\u201d Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, chairperson of the special committee tasked with grafting the BBL, said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI even doubt if we can finish our work in the committee before our annual mandatory adjournment in June. We are no longer following any deadline or timetable,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The special committee has been meeting behind closed-doors over the last two weeks; drafting the House version of the BBL, after 36 public hearings and various consultations on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez noted that the committee would gather today, in order to obtain reports regarding the Mamasapano massacre from various agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that, we are suspending hearings and the work of the committee indefinitely until the results of two investigations are out so we will know what happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The chairperson was referring to the probes being conducted by the House committees on public order, peace and reconciliation, and national defense, and the Department of Justice (DOJ).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also wait for the identification by the DOJ of those responsible for the death of our policemen and the filing of charges because we cannot have peace without justice. We will resume our work when justice is being implemented,\u201d Rodriguez stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 The hearing of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) has been suspended for an unspecified period of time &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":11350,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}