Decommissioning of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) armed forces and their weapons has been delayed because of Congress’ failure to pass the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) into law.

MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal said in a chance interview on Thursday that the decommissioning process has been stalled because the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), or the peace pact signed between the government and the MILF, provides that the movements of such process and the BBL should take place simultaneously.