News in photo: PHL gov’t and MILF panels set final draft of Bangsamoro Basic Law

Irene Santiago (L), chair of Philippine government’s Implementing Panel for the Bangsamoro peace accords shakes hands with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel chairman Mohagher Iqbal after a signing ceremony of the GPH-MILF Implementing panels joint communications plan at a hotel in Manila on July 17, 2017, ahead of the submmision of the draft law of Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to President Rodrigo Duterte.
The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group engaged in peace talks with the government will submit to President Rodrigo Duterte a bill calling for wider autonomy in the strife-torn south. / AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE